Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List<Node> getChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName) { NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes(); List<Node> childEles = new ArrayList<Node>(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nl.item(i); if (node instanceof Element && childEleName.equals(node.getNodeName()) || childEleName.equals(node.getLocalName())) { childEles.add(node); } } return childEles; } }