Java XML Element Get getElementsByTagName(Element node, String tagName)

Description

Search the children of the argument node for named elements.

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	The parent node element.
tagName	The child element's tagName.

Return

The list of elements.

Declaration

public static ArrayList<Element> getElementsByTagName(Element node, String tagName) 

Method Source Code

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

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

public class Main {
    /**/*from  ww w  . j  av  a2 s.  c  om*/
     * Search the children of the argument node for named elements.
     *
     * @param node The parent node element.
     * @param tagName The child element's tagName.
     * @return The list of elements.
     */
    public static ArrayList<Element> getElementsByTagName(Element node, String tagName) {

        ArrayList<Element> list = new ArrayList<Element>();
        NodeList nl = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = nl.item(i);
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element e = (Element) n;
                if (e.getTagName().equals(tagName)) {
                    list.add(e);
                }
            }
        }
        return (list);
    }
}

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