Java Utililty Methods XML Child Get by Name

List of utility methods to do XML Child Get by Name

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Method

ListgetChildElementsByName(Element root, String tagName)
get Child Elements By Name 
List<Element> tags = new LinkedList<Element>();
NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = nl.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        continue;
    if (tagName.equals(child.getNodeName())) {
...
ListgetChildElementsByName(final Element parent, final String name)
Returns all elements in the parent that match the specified name. 
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
if (parent != null) {
    Node child = parent.getFirstChild();
    while (child != null) {
        if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
            elements.add((Element) child);
        child = child.getNextSibling();
...
ListgetChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName)
Retrieve all child elements of the given DOM element that match the given element name. 
return getChildElementsByTagName(ele, new String[] { childEleName });
ListgetChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName)
get Child Elements By Tag Name 
NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes();
List<Node> childEles = new ArrayList<Node>();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element && childEleName.equals(node.getNodeName())
            || childEleName.equals(node.getLocalName())) {
        childEles.add(node);
return childEles;
ListgetChildElementsByTagName(Element ele, String childEleName, boolean localName)
Retrieve all child elements of the given DOM element that match the given element name. 
NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes();
List childEles = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    String name = (localName) ? node.getLocalName() : node.getNodeName();
    if (node instanceof Element && childEleName.equals(name)) {
        childEles.add(node);
return childEles;
ListgetChildElementsByTagName(Element elem, String name)
get Child Elements By Tag Name 
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList nodeList = elem.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = nodeList.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        result.add((Element) child);
return result;
ListgetChildElementsByTagName(Element element, String name)
get Child Elements By Tag Name 
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = childNodes.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        String nodeName = node.getNodeName();
        if (nodeName != null) {
            if (nodeName.equals(name)) {
...
ListgetChildElementsByTagName(Element element, String tagName)
Gets the list of immediate child elements with the given tag name. 
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList list = element.getChildNodes();
int size = list.getLength();
if (size > 0) {
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        Node node = list.item(i);
        if (node instanceof Element) {
            Element e = (Element) node;
...
ListgetChildElementsByTagName(Element parentElement, String childTag)
get Child Elements By Tag Name 
NodeList nodelist = parentElement.getChildNodes();
List<Element> nodes = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < nodelist.getLength(); i++) {
    Node temp = nodelist.item(i);
    if (temp.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && temp.getNodeName().equals(childTag)) {
        nodes.add((Element) temp);
return nodes;
Element[]getChildElementsByTagName(Element parentElement, String name)
Retrieves all immediate child elements of the specified element whose names match the provided name parameter. 
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);