Java XML Element Find findAllElementsByTagName(Element elem, String tagName)

Description

find All Elements By Tag Name

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
elem	a parameter
tagName	a parameter

Declaration

public static List<Element> findAllElementsByTagName(Element elem, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param elem
     * @param tagName
     * @return
     */
    public static List<Element> findAllElementsByTagName(Element elem, String tagName) {
        List<Element> ret = new LinkedList<Element>();
        findAllElementsByTagName(elem, tagName, ret);
        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * @param el
     * @param tagName
     * @param elementList
     */
    private static void findAllElementsByTagName(Element el, String tagName, List<Element> elementList) {

        if (tagName.equals(el.getTagName())) {
            elementList.add(el);
        }
        Element elem = getFirstElement(el);
        while (elem != null) {
            findAllElementsByTagName(elem, tagName, elementList);
            elem = getNextElement(elem);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param parent
     * @return
     */
    public static Element getFirstElement(Node parent) {
        Node n = parent.getFirstChild();
        while (n != null && Node.ELEMENT_NODE != n.getNodeType()) {
            n = n.getNextSibling();
        }
        if (n == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return (Element) n;
    }

    /**
     * @param el
     * @return
     */
    public static Element getNextElement(Element el) {
        Node nd = el.getNextSibling();
        while (nd != null) {
            if (nd.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) nd;
            }
            nd = nd.getNextSibling();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. findAllElementsByTagNameNS(Element el, String nameSpaceURI, String localName, List elementList)
2. findComponentElement(Element root)
3. findComponentElement(Element root)
4. findElement(Element element, String elementName)