Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: LGPL import java.util.ArrayList; import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node[] getChildNodes(final Node node, final String attributeName, final String value) { final ArrayList nodeList = new ArrayList(); final NodeList childs = node.getChildNodes(); String readValue = null; for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) { readValue = getAttribute(childs.item(i), attributeName); if (value.equals(readValue)) { nodeList.add(childs.item(i)); } } //next child node final Node[] result = new Node[nodeList.size()]; nodeList.toArray(result); return result; } public static Node[] getChildNodes(final Node node, final String elementName) { final ArrayList nodeList = new ArrayList(); final NodeList childs = node.getChildNodes(); String nodeName = null; for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) { nodeName = childs.item(i).getNodeName(); if (nodeName != null && nodeName.equals(elementName)) { nodeList.add(childs.item(i)); } } //next child node final Node[] result = new Node[nodeList.size()]; nodeList.toArray(result); return result; } public static String getAttribute(final Node node, final String attributeName) { final NamedNodeMap tmpMap = node.getAttributes(); if (tmpMap == null) { return null; } final Node tmpNode = tmpMap.getNamedItem(attributeName); if (tmpNode == null) { return null; } return tmpNode.getNodeValue(); } public static String[] getAttributes(final Node node, final String[] attributeNames) { final String[] valueList = new String[attributeNames.length]; final NamedNodeMap attMap = node.getAttributes(); Node tmpNode = null; for (int i = 0; i < attributeNames.length; i++) { try { tmpNode = attMap.getNamedItem(attributeNames[i]); valueList[i] = tmpNode.getNodeValue(); } catch (Exception e) { valueList[i] = ""; } } // next attribute return valueList; } }