Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static List getChildElements(Element ele) { NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes(); List childEles = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nl.item(i); if (node instanceof Element) { childEles.add(node); } } return childEles; } }