Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.Vector; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Vector<Element> getChildElemsByName(String name, Node parent) { Vector<Element> v = new Vector<Element>(); Element E = null; for (Node childNode = parent.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) { if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if (childNode.getNodeName() == name) { E = (Element) childNode; v.add(E); } } } return v; } }