Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Jitsi, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client. * * Distributable under LGPL license. * See terms of license at gnu.org. */ import java.util.*; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** * Returns the children elements with the specified tagName for the * specified parent element. * * @param parent The parent whose children we're looking for. * @param tagName the name of the child to find * @return List of the children with the specified name * @throws NullPointerException if parent or tagName are null */ public static List<Element> findChildren(Element parent, String tagName) { if (parent == null || tagName == null) throw new NullPointerException( "Parent or tagname were null! " + "parent = " + parent + "; tagName = " + tagName); List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>(); NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes(); Node node; int len = nodes.getLength(); for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { node = nodes.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { Element element = (Element) node; if (element.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) result.add(element); } } return result; } }