Here you can find the source of getChildElements(Node node)
public static List<Node> getChildElements(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w ww.j a v a 2s . co m*/ Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Olivier Chafik, All Rights Reserved This file is part of JNAerator (http://jnaerator.googlecode.com/). JNAerator is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. JNAerator is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with JNAerator. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static List<Node> getChildElements(Node node) { 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; } }