Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElements(Element element, String namespace, String localName)

Description

Returns all Element children of an Element that belong to the given namespace and have the given local name.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element[] getChildElements(Element element, String namespace, String localName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w w w  .java  2  s  .c om
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import java.util.ArrayList;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns all Element children of an Element that belong to the given
     * namespace.
     */
    public static Element[] getChildElements(Element element, String namespace) {
        ArrayList elements = new ArrayList();
        NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodeList.item(i);
            if (node instanceof Element && namespace.equals(node.getNamespaceURI()))
                elements.add(node);
        }
        return (Element[]) elements.toArray(new Element[elements.size()]);
    }

    /**
     * Returns all Element children of an Element that belong to the given
     * namespace and have the given local name.
     */
    public static Element[] getChildElements(Element element, String namespace, String localName) {
        ArrayList elements = new ArrayList();
        NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodeList.item(i);
            if (node instanceof Element && namespace.equals(node.getNamespaceURI())
                    && localName.equals(node.getLocalName())) {
                elements.add(node);
            }
        }
        return (Element[]) elements.toArray(new Element[elements.size()]);
    }
}

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