Java XML Child Get getChildElements(Element parent)

Description

Returns all child elements of the given element.

License

EUPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	The element to get the child elements from.

Return

A list including all child elements of the given element. Maybe empty if the parent element has no child elements.

Declaration

public static List getChildElements(Element parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w w w .j a  va 2  s .c o m*/
 * Copyright 2003 Federal Chancellery Austria
 * MOA-ID has been developed in a cooperation between BRZ, the Federal
 * Chancellery Austria - ICT staff unit, and Graz University of Technology.
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import java.util.List;

import java.util.Vector;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns all child elements of the given element.
     * 
     * @param parent  The element to get the child elements from.
     * 
     * @return A list including all child elements of the given element.
     *         Maybe empty if the parent element has no child elements.
     */
    public static List getChildElements(Element parent) {
        Vector v = new Vector();
        NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
        int length = nl.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            Node node = nl.item(i);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                v.add((Element) node);
            }
        }
        return v;
    }
}

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