Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElementsByName(Element parent, String name)

Description

Returns a list of child elements with the given name.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	parent element
name	name of the child element

Return

child elements

Declaration

public static List getChildElementsByName(Element parent, String name) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>Returns a list of child elements with the given
     * name. Returns an empty list if there are no such child
     * elements.</p>
     *
     * @param parent parent element
     * @param name name of the child element
     * @return child elements
     */
    public static List getChildElementsByName(Element parent, String 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);
                }
            }
        }

        return elements;
    }
}

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