diff -r a151135b0cf9 -r aa2539c91954 tracesrv/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/engine/propertyfile/PropertyFileUtils.java
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+++ b/tracesrv/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/engine/propertyfile/PropertyFileUtils.java	Fri Oct 08 14:56:39 2010 +0300
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+*
+* Utility functions for property file
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tracecompiler.engine.propertyfile;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+/**
+ * Utility functions for property file
+ * 
+ */
+final class PropertyFileUtils {
+
+	/**
+	 * Finds the root element from property file document
+	 * 
+	 * @param document
+	 *            the document
+	 * @return the root element
+	 */
+	static Element findRoot(Document document) {
+		NodeList list = document.getChildNodes();
+		Element rootElement = null;
+		for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
+			Node root = list.item(i);
+			if (root.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+				if (root.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(
+						PropertyFileConstants.ROOT_ELEMENT)) {
+					rootElement = (Element) root;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return rootElement;
+	}
+
+}