Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.ArrayList; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static ArrayList<Element> getChildrenByTagName(Element node, String tagname) { NodeList childrenNode = node.getChildNodes(); ArrayList<Element> matches = new ArrayList<Element>(); for (int i = 0; i < childrenNode.getLength(); i++) { if (childrenNode.item(i) instanceof Element) { Element child = (Element) childrenNode.item(i); if (child.getTagName().equals(tagname)) { matches.add(child); } } } return matches; } }