Here you can find the source of getChildNodes(Node node, short type)
public static Node[] getChildNodes(Node node, short type)
//package com.java2s; /*************************************************************************** * Copyright 2005-2009 Last.fm Ltd. * * Portions contributed by Casey Link, Lukasz Wisniewski, * * Mike Jennings, and Michael Novak Jr. * * * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * * (at your option) any later version. * * * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * * GNU General Public License for more details. * * * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * * along with this program; if not, write to the * * Free Software Foundation, Inc., * * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. * ***************************************************************************/ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static Node[] getChildNodes(Node node, short type) { NodeList children = node.getChildNodes(); if (children == null) return new Node[0]; List<Node> elnodelist = new ArrayList<Node>(); int i, n = children.getLength(); Node childnode;/* www .j a va2 s. co m*/ for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) { childnode = children.item(i); if (childnode.getNodeType() == type) elnodelist.add(childnode); } Node[] elnodes = new Node[elnodelist.size()]; elnodelist.toArray(elnodes); return elnodes; } }