Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; import java.util.*; public class Main { /** * Takes a number of tags of name 'name' that are children of 'root', and * looks for attributes of 'attrib' on them. Converts attributes to an * int and returns in an array. */ public static String[] getElementArrayString(Element root, String name, String attrib) { if (root == null) return null; NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes(); LinkedList<String> elementCache = new LinkedList<String>(); int size = nl.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) { Node node = nl.item(i); if (!(node instanceof Element)) continue; Element ele = (Element) node; if (!ele.getTagName().equals(name)) continue; String valS = ele.getAttribute(attrib); elementCache.addLast(valS); } String[] retArr = new String[elementCache.size()]; Iterator<String> it = elementCache.iterator(); int idx = 0; while (it.hasNext()) { retArr[idx++] = it.next(); } return retArr; } }