Here you can find the source of getChildNodes(Node parentNode, String childName)
public static Set getChildNodes(Node parentNode, String childName)
//package com.java2s; /**/* w w w . ja v a 2 s . c o m*/ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. * * Copyright (c) 2005 Sun Microsystems Inc. All Rights Reserved * * The contents of this file are subject to the terms * of the Common Development and Distribution License * (the License). You may not use this file except in * compliance with the License. * * You can obtain a copy of the License at * https://opensso.dev.java.net/public/CDDLv1.0.html or * opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt * See the License for the specific language governing * permission and limitations under the License. * * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL * Header Notice in each file and include the License file * at opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt. * If applicable, add the following below the CDDL Header, * with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by * your own identifying information: * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]" * * $Id: XMLUtils.java,v 1.5 2008-06-25 05:41:28 qcheng Exp $ * */ import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Set; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Set getChildNodes(Node parentNode, String childName) { Set retVal = new HashSet(); NodeList children = parentNode.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { Node node = children.item(i); if (node.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(childName)) { retVal.add(node); } } return (retVal); } }