Gets a list of DOM elements with the specified name throughout the document (not just children of a specific element). - Java XML

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Gets a list of DOM elements with the specified name throughout the document (not just children of a specific element).

Demo Code

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 * ome.xml.DOMUtil
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//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Vector;

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets a list of DOM elements with the specified name throughout
     * the document (not just children of a specific element).
     */
    public static Vector findElementList(String name, Document doc) {
        return findElementList(name, null, null, doc);
    }

    /**
     * Gets a list of DOM elements with the specified name
     * that have an attribute with the given name and value.
     */
    public static Vector findElementList(String name, String attrName,
            String attrValue, Document doc) {
        if (name == null)
            return null;
        Vector v = new Vector();
        NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName(name);
        int size = list.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            Node node = list.item(i);
            if (!(node instanceof Element))
                continue;
            Element el = (Element) node;
            if (attrName == null || attrValue == null
                    || attrValue.equals(getAttribute(attrName, el))) {
                v.add(el);
            }
        }
        return v;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the given DOM element's attribute
     * with the specified name.
     */
    public static String getAttribute(String name, Element el) {
        if (name == null || el == null)
            return null;
        if (!el.hasAttribute(name))
            return null;
        return el.getAttribute(name);
    }
}

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