Java XML Child Get getChildElements(Element parentElement, String childElementTagName)

Description

get Child Elements

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element parentElement, String childElementTagName) 

Method Source Code

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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 {
    public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element parentElement, String childElementTagName) {
        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);
            }
        }
        return list;
    }
}

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