Here you can find the source of getChildElements(Element element)
public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element element)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . ja v a 2s . c om * Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates. * * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Brad Davis - bradsdavis@gmail.com - Initial API and implementation */ import java.util.LinkedList; 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> getChildElements(Element element) { List<Element> elements = new LinkedList<Element>(); NodeList children = element.getChildNodes(); if (children == null) { return elements; } for (int i = 0, j = children.getLength(); i < j; i++) { Node child = children.item(i); if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { elements.add((Element) child); } } return elements; } }