Java Utililty Methods XML Child Get

List of utility methods to do XML Child Get

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Description

The list of methods to do XML Child Get are organized into topic(s).

Method

ListgetChildElements(Element parent)
Convenience method for getting all child elements. 
return getChildElements(parent, null);
ListgetChildElements(Element parent)
get Child Elements 
List<Element> ret = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList childList = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childList.getLength(); i++) {
    if (childList.item(i).getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        continue;
    Element child = (Element) childList.item(i);
    ret.add(child);
return ret;
ListgetChildElements(Element parentElement)
Returns a list of child nodes of parentElement that are Element s. 
List<Element> list = new ArrayList<Element>();
if (parentElement != null) {
    NodeList children = parentElement.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
        if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
            list.add((Element) children.item(i));
return list;
ListgetChildElements(Element parentElement)
get Child Elements 
NodeList nodeList = parentElement.getChildNodes();
List<Element> childElements = new ArrayList<Element>(nodeList.getLength());
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node childNode = nodeList.item(0);
    if (childNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        childElements.add((Element) childNode);
return childElements;
ListgetChildElements(Element parentElement, String childElementTagName)
get Child Elements 
List<Element> list = new Vector<Element>();
NodeList childNodes = parentElement.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = childNodes.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element element = (Element) node;
        if (element.getLocalName().equals(childElementTagName))
            list.add(element);
...
ListgetChildElements(Element parentNode)
return all the child Elements of given Element; it's not deep search, so only the first generation children list is scanned. 
if (parentNode == null) {
    return null;
List<Element> resultList = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList childNodes = parentNode.getChildNodes();
if (childNodes != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
        Node node = childNodes.item(i);
...
Element[]getChildElements(Element root, String name, boolean mandatory)
getChildElements purpose. 
ArrayList elements = new ArrayList();
Node child = root.getFirstChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        if (name.equals(child.getNodeName())) {
            elements.add((Element) child);
    child = child.getNextSibling();
if (mandatory && (elements.isEmpty())) {
    throw new Exception(root.getNodeName() + " does not contains a child element named " + name);
return (Element[]) elements.toArray(new Element[0]);
ListgetChildElements(final Element elem)
get Child Elements 
final NodeList list = elem.getChildNodes();
final List<Element> result = Lists.newArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    final Node node = list.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        result.add((Element) node);
return result;
ListgetChildElements(final Element element)
get Child Elements 
final List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
final NodeList childs = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childs.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = childs.item(i);
    if (child instanceof Element) {
        elements.add((Element) child);
return elements;
ListgetChildElements(final Element element, final String localName)
Retrieves all child Element s of a given local name from a given parent Element as List . 
final List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (Node child = element.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
    if (!(child instanceof Element)) {
        continue;
    if (!localName.equals(child.getNodeName())) {
        continue;
    result.add((Element) child);
return result;