Retrieves all immediate child XML elements of the specified element whose names match the provided name parameter. - Java XML

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Retrieves all immediate child XML elements of the specified element whose names match the provided name parameter.

Demo Code

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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 {
    /**
     * Retrieves all immediate child elements of the specified element whose
     * names match the provided <code>name</code> parameter.
     * 
     * @param parentElement The element to search.
     * @param name The name of the child element.
     * @return An array of matching child elements.
     */
    public static Element[] getChildElementsByTagName(
            Element parentElement, String name) {
        List children = new ArrayList();
        NodeList nodes = parentElement.getChildNodes();
        int length = nodes.getLength();
        for (int index = 0; index < length; ++index) {
            if (nodes.item(index).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
                    && name.equals(nodes.item(index).getNodeName())) {
                children.add(nodes.item(index));
            }
        }
        Element[] childElements = new Element[children.size()];
        return (Element[]) children.toArray(childElements);
    }
}

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