Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * This method is used to search all the <code>Element</code> objects with * given key in the passed <code>Element</code> object. * * @param tagName * Name of the tag as String. * @param input * Element object. * @return <code>Element[]</code> Returns the array of elements, or an empty * array in case here is no match. */ public static List<Element> getElements(String tagName, Element input) { NodeList nodes = input.getElementsByTagName(tagName); int len = nodes.getLength(); List<Element> elt = new ArrayList<Element>(len); Node node; for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { node = nodes.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { elt.add((Element) node); } } return elt; } }