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 { public static List getChildElementByTagName(Element parentElement, String tagName) { NodeList list = parentElement.getChildNodes(); ArrayList l = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { Node n = list.item(i); if ((n instanceof Element) && n.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) l.add(n); } return l; } }