Java XML Child Get by Name getChildElements(Element parent, String name)

Description

get Child Elements

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element[] getChildElements(Element parent, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Chase Technology Ltd - http://www.chasetechnology.co.uk
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:/*from w  ww  . j a  va2 s .  c  o m*/
 *     Doug Satchwell (Chase Technology Ltd) - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

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 {
    public static Element[] getChildElements(Element parent, String name) {
        List<Element> children = new ArrayList<Element>();
        NodeList list = parent.getChildNodes();
        int length = list.getLength();
        for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
            Node node = list.item(i);
            short type = node.getNodeType();
            if (type == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element processorElement = (Element) node;
                if (processorElement.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
                    children.add(processorElement);
                }
            }
        }
        return children.toArray(new Element[0]);
    }
}

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