Java XML Child Node Get getChildElements(Node node)

Description

Return a list of child element types of the provided node.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static List<Element> getChildElements(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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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 {
    /**
     * Return a list of child element types of the provided node. If the node has no children
     * or none of the children are element nodes, an empty list is returned.
     */
    public static List<Element> getChildElements(Node node) {
        NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
        ArrayList<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
            Node temp = list.item(i);
            if (temp.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
                elements.add((Element) temp);
        }

        return elements;
    }
}

Related

1. getChildElements(final Node node)
2. getChildElements(final Node parentNode, final String... childNodeNames)
3. getChildElements(Node element)
4. getChildElements(Node node)
5. getChildElements(Node node)
6. getChildElements(Node node)
7. getChildElements(Node node)
8. getChildElements(Node node)