Java Utililty Methods XML Child Get

List of utility methods to do XML Child Get

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Description

The list of methods to do XML Child Get are organized into topic(s).

Method

ElementgetChild(Node node, String name, String attrName, String attrValue)
Gets a child element of a node by name and attribute value. 
NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
int numChildren = children.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < numChildren; i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        continue;
    if (child.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        Element el = (Element) child;
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NodegetChild(Node parent, String name)
Get the first element child. 
if (parent == null)
    return null;
Node first = parent.getFirstChild();
if (first == null)
    return null;
for (Node node = first; node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
    if (node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        continue;
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NodegetChild(Node parent, String name)
get Child 
if (parent == null) {
    return null;
Node first = parent.getFirstChild();
if (first == null) {
    return null;
for (Node node = first; node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
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ListgetChildElements(Element e)
get Child Elements 
List<Element> r = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList l = e.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < l.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = l.item(i);
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        r.add((Element) n);
return r;
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ListgetChildElements(Element e)
Create a new list containing only the child nodes of e of type Element . 
List<Element> ret = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList children = e.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node child = children.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        ret.add((Element) child);
return ret;
ListgetChildElements(Element e, String tag)
get Child Elements 
NodeList children = e.getElementsByTagName(tag);
if (children == null || children.getLength() == 0)
    return null;
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int index = 0; index < children.getLength(); index++) {
    Node n = children.item(index);
    if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        result.add((Element) n);
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VectorgetChildElements(Element el)
Gets a list of the given element's child DOM elements. 
return getChildElements(null, el);
ListgetChildElements(Element ele)
Retrieve all child elements of the given DOM element 
Assert.notNull(ele, "Element must not be null");
NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes();
List<Element> childEles = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        childEles.add((Element) node);
return childEles;
ListgetChildElements(Element ele)
get Child Elements 
NodeList nl = ele.getChildNodes();
List<Element> childEles = new LinkedList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        childEles.add((Element) node);
return childEles;
ListgetChildElements(Element ele)
Get all child elements 
List<Element> list = new ArrayList<>();
NodeList childNodes = ele.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    if (childNodes.item(i).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        list.add((Element) childNodes.item(i));
return list;
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