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

Description

get Child Elements

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element element, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element element, String tagName) {
        List<Element> elements = getElementList(element);
        int numElements = elements.size();
        List<Element> childElements = new ArrayList<Element>(numElements);
        for (int i = 0; i < numElements; i++) {
            Element childElement = (Element) elements.get(i);
            if (tagName != null) {
                String childTagName = childElement.getTagName();
                if (!childTagName.equals(tagName)) {
                    continue;
                }
            }
            childElements.add(childElement);
        }
        return childElements;
    }

    private static List<Element> getElementList(Element element) {
        if (element == null) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }

        NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
        int numChildren = childNodes.getLength();

        List<Element> elementList = new ArrayList<Element>(numChildren);

        for (int i = 0; i < numChildren; i++) {
            Node childNode = childNodes.item(i);
            if (childNode.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                continue;
            }
            elementList.add((Element) childNode);
        }

        return elementList;
    }
}

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