Returns an iterator over the children of the given element with the given XML tag name. - Java XML

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Returns an iterator over the children of the given element with the given XML tag name.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns an iterator over the children of the given element with
     * the given tag name.
     *
     * @param element The parent element
     * @param tagName The name of the desired child
     * @return An interator of children or null if element is null.
     */
    public static Iterator getChildrenByTagName(Element element,
            String tagName) {
        if (element == null)
            return null;
        // getElementsByTagName gives the corresponding elements in the whole
        // descendance. We want only children

        NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
        ArrayList goodChildren = new ArrayList();
        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node currentChild = children.item(i);
            if (currentChild.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
                    && ((Element) currentChild).getTagName()
                            .equals(tagName)) {
                goodChildren.add((Element) currentChild);
            }
        }
        return goodChildren.iterator();
    }
}

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