Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node getFirstElementByTagName(Document doc, String tagName) { NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName(tagName); if (list.getLength() > 0) { return list.item(0); } else { return null; } } public static void getElementsByTagName(Node parent, String tagName, List<Node> result) { if (parent == null) { return; } NodeList childs = parent.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) { Node child = childs.item(i); if (child.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) { result.add(child); } else if (child.hasChildNodes()) { getElementsByTagName(child, tagName, result); } } } }