Java XML Child Get getChildElements(Element parentElement)

Description

Returns a list of child nodes of parentElement that are Element s.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parentElement	the element to find the children of

Return

a node list of the children of parentElement

Declaration

protected static List<Element> getChildElements(Element parentElement) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Intel Corporation.
 * 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:/*from  w  w  w . j  av  a  2 s . c  om*/
 *    Dennis Ushakov, Intel - Initial API and Implementation
 *    Oleg Danilov, Intel
 *
 *******************************************************************************/

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 {
    /**
     * Returns a list of child nodes of <code>parentElement</code> that are
     * {@link Element}s. Returns an empty list if no elements are found.
     * 
     * @param parentElement
     *            the element to find the children of
     * @return a node list of the children of parentElement
     */
    protected static List<Element> getChildElements(Element parentElement) {
        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;
    }
}

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