Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2012 Geoscience Australia * * 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 java.lang.reflect.Array; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Get all child nodes of parent that implement/subclass the given type. * * @param parent * Parent to search * @param nodeType * Type of child to search for * @return Array of children of parent that conform to the given nodeType */ public static <N extends Node> N[] getChildrenImplementing(Node parent, Class<N> nodeType) { if (parent == null) { return null; } NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes(); if (children == null) { return null; } int count = 0; for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { Node node = children.item(i); if (nodeType.isAssignableFrom(node.getClass())) { count++; } } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") N[] array = (N[]) Array.newInstance(nodeType, count); for (int i = 0, pos = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { Node node = children.item(i); if (nodeType.isAssignableFrom(node.getClass())) { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") N n = (N) node; Array.set(array, pos++, n); } } return array; } }