Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * @param node * @param name * @return a map with all children nodes with the given name * mapped by the value of their first child */ public static Map<String, Node> findChildrenMapByFirstChild(Node node, String name) { Map<String, Node> ret = new HashMap<String, Node>(); NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes(); int len = nl.getLength(); Node child; for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { child = nl.item(i); if (name.equals(child.getNodeName())) { ret.put(child.getFirstChild().getNodeValue(), child); } } return ret; } }