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 List<Element> readChildren(Node parentNode, String nodeName) { ArrayList<Element> ret = new ArrayList<Element>(); NodeList children = parentNode.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { if (children.item(i).getNodeName().equals(nodeName)) ret.add((Element) children.item(i)); } return ret; } public static List<Element> readChildren(Node parentNode) { ArrayList<Element> ret = new ArrayList<Element>(); NodeList children = parentNode.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { if (children.item(i) instanceof Element) ret.add((Element) children.item(i)); } return ret; } }