Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element ele) { NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes(); List<Element> childEles = new ArrayList<Element>(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nl.item(i); if (node instanceof Element) { childEles.add((Element) node); } } return childEles; } }