Java Utililty Methods XML NodeList

List of utility methods to do XML NodeList

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The list of methods to do XML NodeList are organized into topic(s).

Method

intgetCurrentListPosition(Node refNode, NodeList list)
returns an element's position in the given NodeList 
if (refNode == null) {
    return -1;
int counter = 1;
for (int n = 0; n < list.getLength(); n++, counter++) {
    if (list.item(n) == refNode) {
        return counter;
return -1;
NodegetDeepNode(String name[], NodeList nodes)
get Deep Node 
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(name[0])) {
        if (name.length == 1) {
            return node;
        } else {
            return getDeepNode(name, node.getChildNodes(), 1);
return null;
ArrayListgetDSNameListInScriptText(String scriptText, NodeList tableList)
get DS Name List In Script Text 
ArrayList<String> fieldList = new ArrayList<String>();
int pos, posWrk, wrkInt, posWrk2;
String[] sectionDigit = { "(", ")", "{", "}", "+", "-", "/", "*", "=", "<", ">", ";", "|", "&", "\n", "\t",
        ",", " ", "!" };
String[] fieldProperty = { "value", "oldValue", "color", "enabled", "editable", "error", "valueChanged" };
boolean isFirstDigitOfField;
String variantExpression, wrkStr1, wrkStr2, dataSource;
org.w3c.dom.Element element;
...
ElementgetElementById(NodeList nodeList, String id)
Get Element that has attribute id="xyz". 
Element element = null;
int len = nodeList.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    Node node = (Node) nodeList.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        element = (Element) node;
        if (((Element) node).getAttribute("id").equals(id)) {
            break;
...
ElementgetElementFromItem(NodeList list, int index)
Get Element from Nodelist 
return (Element) list.item(index);
ElementgetElementFromNodeList(NodeList nl)
Selects the (first) element from a node list and returns it. 
if ((nl == null) || (nl.getLength() == 0)) {
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) node;
return null;
ListgetElementList(NodeList list)
Filters all elements of a NodeList and returns them in a collection. 
List<Element> col = new ArrayList<>(list.getLength());
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
    if (list.item(i) instanceof Element) {
        col.add((Element) list.item(i));
return col;
ListgetElements(NodeList nodeList, String localname, String namespaceURI)
Get the child elements having the supplied localname and namespace. 
int count = nodeList.getLength();
Vector elements = new Vector();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    Node node = nodeList.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element element = (Element) node;
        if (localname.equals("*") || getName(element).equals(localname)) {
            if (namespaceURI == null || namespaceURI.equals(element.getNamespaceURI())) {
...
ListgetElementsFromNodeList(final NodeList nodeList)
get Elements From Node List 
final List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    final Node node = nodeList.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        elements.add((Element) node);
return elements;
...
Element[]getElementsOfNodeList(NodeList nodeList)
Returns an array containing the element objects in the provided node list. 
Element[] ret = null;
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
Vector v = new Vector();
for (int n = 0; n < nodeList.getLength(); n++) {
    Node item = nodeList.item(n);
    if (item.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        v.addElement(item);
ret = new Element[v.size()];
for (int n = 0; n < ret.length; n++) {
    ret[n] = (Element) v.elementAt(n);
return ret;