Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Iterator getElementsByTagNames(Element element, String[] tags) { List<Element> children = new ArrayList<Element>(); if (element != null && tags != null) { List tagList = Arrays.asList(tags); NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) { Node child = nodes.item(i); if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && tagList.contains(((Element) child).getTagName())) { children.add((Element) child); } } } return children.iterator(); } }