Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List<Element> getElementCollectionByTagName(Element element, String tagName) { List<Element> result = new LinkedList<Element>(); NodeList nodeList = element.getElementsByTagName(tagName); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nodeList.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { result.add((Element) node); } } return result; } }