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

Description

get Child Elements By Name

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<Element> getChildElementsByName(Element element, String localName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  w  w  w  . j  ava 2s.  c o  m
 * This file belongs to the BPELUnit utility and Eclipse plugin set. See enclosed
 * license file for more information.
 */

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> getChildElementsByName(Element element, String localName) {
        List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();

        for (Element e : getChildElements(element)) {
            // DOM Level 1 API (document.createElement) creates elements
            // that have an empty localname
            if (e.getLocalName() == null && localName.equals(e.getNodeName())) {
                elements.add(e);
            } else if (localName.equals(e.getLocalName())) {
                elements.add(e);
            }
        }

        return elements;
    }

    public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element element) {
        NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();

        List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
        for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = childNodes.item(i);
            if (n instanceof Element) {
                elements.add((Element) n);
            }
        }
        return elements;
    }
}

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