Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static List<Node> getValidChildNodes(Node node) { List<Node> nl = new ArrayList<>(); NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { if (isValidNode(nodeList.item(i))) nl.add(nodeList.item(i)); } return nl; } public static boolean isValidNode(Node node) { return !node.getNodeName().equals("#text"); } public static boolean isValidNode(Node node, String name) { return node.getNodeName().equals(name); } }