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<Element> getElements(final Element element, final String tagName) { final ArrayList<Element> elements = new ArrayList<>(); final NodeList children = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { final Node node = children.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { final String nodeName = node.getNodeName(); if ((nodeName != null) && nodeName.equals(tagName)) { elements.add((Element) node); } } } return elements; } }