Java XML Element Get from Parent getElements(Document document, Element parent)

Description

get Elements

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element[] getElements(Document document, Element parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.Iterator;

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

public class Main {
    public static Element[] getElements(Document document, Element parent) {
        if (parent == null) {
            return new Element[] {};
        }

        NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
        ArrayList al = new ArrayList();

        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = nl.item(i);

            if (n instanceof Element) {
                al.add((Element) nl.item(i));
            }
        }

        Element[] ret = new Element[al.size()];
        Iterator it = al.iterator();
        int i = 0;
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            ret[i] = (Element) it.next();
            i++;
        }

        return ret;
    }
}

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