Java Utililty Methods XML Child Get by Name

List of utility methods to do XML Child Get by Name

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Description

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Method

Element[]getChildElements(Element parent, String nsUri, String localPart)
Gets the child elements of the given name. 
ArrayList a = new ArrayList();
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node item = children.item(i);
    if (!(item instanceof Element))
        continue;
    if (nsUri.equals(item.getNamespaceURI()) && localPart.equals(item.getLocalName()))
        a.add(item);
...
ListgetChildElements(Element parent, String tagName)
Gets the immediately child elements list from the parent element. 
NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element && node.getParentNode() == parent) {
        elements.add((Element) node);
return elements;
ListgetChildElements(Element parent, String tagName)
get Child Elements 
NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (((node instanceof Element)) && (node.getParentNode() == parent)) {
        elements.add((Element) node);
return elements;
ListgetChildElements(Element parent, String tagName)
Gets all child Element s of the given parent Element having the given tag name. 
NodeList children = null;
if (tagName == null) {
    children = parent.getChildNodes();
} else {
    children = parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>(children.getLength());
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
...
ListgetChildElements(Element parent, String tagName)
get Child Elements 
if (null == parent)
    return null;
NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (node.getParentNode() == parent)
        elements.add((Element) node);
...
ListgetChildElementsByName(Element element, String localName)
get Child Elements By Name 
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (Element e : getChildElements(element)) {
    if (e.getLocalName() == null && localName.equals(e.getNodeName())) {
        elements.add(e);
    } else if (localName.equals(e.getLocalName())) {
        elements.add(e);
return elements;
ListgetChildElementsByName(Element parent, String elemName)
get Child Elements By Name 
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    if (nl.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element elem = (Element) nl.item(i);
        if (elem.getNodeName().equals(elemName))
            result.add(elem);
return result;
ListgetChildElementsByName(Element parent, String name)

Returns a list of child elements with the given name. 

List elements = new ArrayList();
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = children.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element element = (Element) node;
        if (element.getTagName().equals(name)) {
            elements.add(element);
...
ListgetChildElementsByName(Element parent, String name)
get Child Elements By Name 
ArrayList<Element> array = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList list = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeName().equals(name) && node instanceof Element) {
        array.add((Element) node);
return array;
ListgetChildElementsByName(Element parent, String tagName)
Get all child elements of a certain tag name. 
List<Element> elementList = new LinkedList<Element>();
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int c = 0; c < children.getLength(); c++) {
    if (children.item(c).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
            && children.item(c).getNodeName().equals(tagName)) {
        elementList.add((Element) children.item(c));
return elementList;