Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List<Element> getChildElementList(Element parent, String nodeName) { List<Element> list = new ArrayList<>(); for (org.w3c.dom.Node node = parent.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) { if (node.getNodeType() == org.w3c.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE && nodeName.equals(node.getNodeName())) { list.add((Element) node); } } return list; } public static Collection<Element> getChildElementList(Element parent, String[] nodeNameList) { List<Element> list = new ArrayList<>(); for (org.w3c.dom.Node node = parent.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) { if (node.getNodeType() == org.w3c.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { for (int i = 0; i < nodeNameList.length; i++) { if (node.getNodeName().equals(nodeNameList[i])) { list.add((Element) node); } } } } return list; } public static Collection<Element> getChildElementList(Element element) { List<Element> children = new ArrayList<>(); for (org.w3c.dom.Node node = element.getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) { if (node.getNodeType() == org.w3c.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { children.add((Element) node); } } return children; } }