code: public static boolean hasChildElementNodes (@Nullable final Node aStartNode)
    {
      if (aStartNode == null)
        return false;
      return NodeListIterator.createChildNodeIterator (aStartNode).containsAny (filterNodeIsElement ());
    }
docs: Check if the passed node has at least one direct child element or not.
  
  @param aStartNode
  The parent element to be searched. May be <code>null</code>.
  @return <code>true</code> if the passed node has at least one child
  element, <code>false</code> otherwise.