Java Utililty Methods XML Child Node Get

List of utility methods to do XML Child Node Get

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Description

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

Method

ListgetChildElements(Node node)
Returns a list of all child Elements, 
return getChildElements(node, null);
ListgetChildElements(Node node)
get Child Elements 
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
int childCount = children.getLength();
List<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>(childCount);
for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        nodes.add(child);
return nodes;
StreamgetChildElements(Node node)
get Child Elements 
if (node == null) {
    return Stream.empty();
return toStream(node.getChildNodes()).filter(x -> x.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        .map(x -> (Element) x);
CollectiongetChildElements(Node node)
get Child Elements 
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList nodes = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node childNode = nodes.item(i);
    if (childNode instanceof Element) {
        elements.add((Element) childNode);
return elements;
ListgetChildElements(Node parent)
returns List of all direct child elements 
ArrayList retVec = new ArrayList();
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); ++i) {
    if (children.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        retVec.add(children.item(i));
return retVec;
...
ListgetChildElements(Node parent)
get Child Elements 
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (Node n = parent.getFirstChild(); n != null; n = n.getNextSibling()) {
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        elements.add((Element) n);
return elements;
ListgetChildElements(Node start)
returns a java.util.List of Elements which are children of the start Element. 
List l = new ArrayList();
NodeList nl = start.getChildNodes();
int len = nl.getLength();
Node n = null;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    n = nl.item(i);
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        l.add(n);
...
ListgetChildElements(NodeList list)
get Child Elements 
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = list.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        Element el = (Element) node;
        result.add(el);
return result;
ElementgetChildNode(Element item, String name)
get Child Node 
NodeList children = item.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node thisItem = (Node) children.item(i);
    if (thisItem != null && thisItem.getNodeName().equals(name) && thisItem.getParentNode() == item) {
        return (Element) thisItem;
return null;
...
NodegetChildNode(Node n, String name)
get Child Node 
if (n == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("null node");
if (name == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("null name");
NodeList l = n.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < l.getLength(); i++) {
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