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

Description

get Child Elements

License

Apache License

Declaration

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

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.ArrayList;
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 parent, String tagName) {
        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);
        }

        return elements;
    }

    public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element parent) {
        if (null == parent)
            return null;

        NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
        List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();

        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodes.item(i);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
                elements.add((Element) node);
        }

        return elements;
    }
}

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