Here you can find the source of getChildNodes(Node node)
public static Collection<Node> getChildNodes(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /********************************************************************* * * File Name: XMLUtils.java/* ww w. j ava 2s .c o m*/ * * Description: Commonly used XML functions * * Date Created: Mar 15, 2005 * * Revision History: * * NNN - MMM YY - Name - Change * * Copyright (C) 2005, Erissoft * * This file is part of Erissoft common framework * * HAM 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 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. * *********************************************************************/ import java.util.*; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { public static Collection<Node> getChildNodes(Node node) { Collection<Node> list = new LinkedList<Node>(); NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) if (nl.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) list.add(nl.item(i)); return list; } }