Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.util.ArrayList; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node[] findNodesByTagName(Document document, String tagName) { ArrayList<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>(); NodeList foundNodes = document.getElementsByTagName(tagName); for (int i = 0; i < foundNodes.getLength(); i++) nodes.add(foundNodes.item(i)); Node[] returnNodes = new Node[nodes.size()]; return nodes.toArray(returnNodes); } public static Node[] findNodesByTagName(Node parentNode, String tagName) { ArrayList<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>(); for (int i = 0; i < parentNode.getChildNodes().getLength(); i++) { Node node = parentNode.getChildNodes().item(i); if (node.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) nodes.add(node); if (node.hasChildNodes()) { Node[] foundChildNodes = findNodesByTagName(node, tagName); for (int j = 0; j < foundChildNodes.length; j++) nodes.add(foundChildNodes[j]); } } Node[] returnNodes = new Node[nodes.size()]; return nodes.toArray(returnNodes); } }