Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License 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 ArrayList<Element> getChildNodeListByTagName(Element parent, String tagName) { ArrayList<Element> lst = new ArrayList(); traverseNodes(parent, tagName, lst); return lst; } private static void traverseNodes(Element parent, String tagName, List<Element> lst) { if (parent.getTagName().indexOf(tagName) != -1) { lst.add(parent); return; } else { NodeList nodeList = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Node item = nodeList.item(i); if (item.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { traverseNodes((Element) item, tagName, lst); } } } } }