Java XML Element Get by Name getElements(Element parent, String tagName)

Description

Gets the descendant elements list from the parent element.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	the parent element in the element tree
tagName	the specified tag name

Return

the NOT NULL descendant elements list

Declaration

public static List<Element> getElements(Element parent, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

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

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

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

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  w  w.j ava  2 s  .c  om
     * Gets the descendant elements list from the parent element.
     *
     * @param parent
     *          the parent element in the element tree
     * @param tagName
     *          the specified tag name
     * @return the NOT NULL descendant elements list
     */
    public static List<Element> getElements(Element parent, String tagName) {
        NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<>();

        for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = nodes.item(i);
            if (node instanceof Element) {
                elements.add((Element) node);
            }
        }

        return elements;
    }
}

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