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

Description

get Child Elements By Tag Name

License

Apache License

Declaration

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

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w  ww . j a  v a2s.  c om
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

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> getChildElementsByTagName(final Element element, final String tagName) {
        final List<Element> matches = new ArrayList<>();
        final NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            final Node node = nodeList.item(i);
            if (!(node instanceof Element)) {
                continue;
            }

            final Element child = (Element) nodeList.item(i);
            if (child.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) {
                matches.add(child);
            }
        }

        return matches;
    }
}

Related

1. getChildElementsByTagName(Element element, String name)
2. getChildElementsByTagName(Element element, String tagName)
3. getChildElementsByTagName(Element parentElement, String childTag)
4. getChildElementsByTagName(Element parentElement, String name)
5. getChildElementsByTagName(Element parentNode, String tagName)
6. getChildElementsByTagName(final Element parentElem, final String childName)
7. getChildElementsByTagName(Node element, String tagName)
8. getChildElementsByTagName(org.w3c.dom.Element xmlParent, String tagName)
9. getChildElementsByTagName(String name, Element parent)