Java XML Child Node Get getChildNodesByName(Node element, String name, boolean caseSensitive)

Description

Helper Method.

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	Element
name	String
caseSensitive	boolean

Return

ArrayList

Declaration

public static List<Node> getChildNodesByName(Node element, String name, boolean caseSensitive) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: LGPL 

import org.w3c.dom.*;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w w  w  . ja  va  2s  . c  o m
     * Helper Method. Searches through the child nodes of an element and returns an array of the matching nodes.
     * @param element Element
     * @param name String
     * @param caseSensitive boolean
     * @return ArrayList
     */
    public static List<Node> getChildNodesByName(Node element, String name, boolean caseSensitive) {
        ArrayList<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>();
        NodeList list = element.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = list.item(i);
            if (caseSensitive) {
                if (node.getNodeName().equals(name))
                    nodes.add(node);
            } else {
                if (node.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(name))
                    nodes.add(node);
            }
        }
        return nodes;
    }
}

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