Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2017 Marcus Portmann * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Returns the child elements with the specified name for the specified element. * * @param element the parent element * @param name the name of the child elements to return * * @return the child elements with the specified name for the specified element */ public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element element, String name) { List<Element> childElements = new ArrayList<>(); NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nodeList.item(i); if (node instanceof Element) { Element childElement = (Element) node; if (childElement.getNodeName().equals(name)) { childElements.add(childElement); } } } return childElements; } }