get Child Nodes and return XML Element list - Java XML

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Description

get Child Nodes and return XML Element list

Demo Code

/**/*  w ww.j  ava 2 s . co m*/
 * Copyright 2012 Comcast Corporation
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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//package com.java2s;

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

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

public class Main {
    public static List<Element> getChildNodes(Element ele, String tagName) {

        List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();

        if (ele == null) {
            return elements;
        }

        NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes();

        if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
            for (Integer i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
                Node node = nl.item(i);
                if (node instanceof Element
                        && ((Element) node).getNodeName().equals(tagName)) {
                    elements.add((Element) node);
                }
            }
        }

        return elements;
    }

    public static List<Element> getChildNodes(Element ele) {

        List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();

        if (ele == null) {
            return elements;
        }

        NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes();

        if (nl != null && nl.getLength() > 0) {
            for (Integer i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
                Node node = nl.item(i);
                if (node instanceof Element) {
                    elements.add((Element) node);
                }
            }
        }

        return elements;
    }
}

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