Java tutorial
import java.io.StringReader; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; public class Main { public static String getXMLData() { return "<a><img/><x></x></a>"; } public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(getXMLData()))); NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName("*"); for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { Element element = (Element) list.item(i); System.out.println(element); } } }