Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static NodeList readXML(File xmlfile, String tag) throws Exception { NodeList list = null; DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder(); Document doc = builder.parse(xmlfile); Element rootElement = doc.getDocumentElement(); list = rootElement.getElementsByTagName(tag); return list; } }