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

Description

get Child Elements By Tag Name

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<Node> getChildElementsByTagName(Node element, 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<Node> getChildElementsByTagName(NodeList nodes, String tagName) {
        List<Node> list = new ArrayList<Node>();

        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodes.item(i);
            if (node instanceof Element)
                list.addAll(getChildElementsByTagName(node, tagName));
        }
        return list;
    }

    public static List<Node> getChildElementsByTagName(Node element, String tagName) {
        List<Node> list = new ArrayList<Node>();
        NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node child = children.item(i);
            if (child.getNodeName().equals(tagName)) {
                list.add(child);
            }
        }
        return list;
    }
}

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