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

ListgetChildElements(Element element)
get Child Elements 
NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = childNodes.item(i);
    if (n instanceof Element) {
        elements.add((Element) n);
return elements;
VectorgetChildElements(Element parent)
The method return list of child elements. 
if (parent == null)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Element can not be NULL");
Vector vect = new Vector();
Element elem = getFirstChild(parent);
while (elem != null) {
    vect.add(elem);
    elem = getNextSibling(elem);
return vect;
ListgetChildElements(Element parent)
get Child Elements 
List<Element> elems = new ArrayList<Element>();
NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        elems.add((Element) node);
return elems;
ListgetChildElements(Element parent)
Returns all child elements of the given element. 
Vector v = new Vector();
NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
int length = nl.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    Node node = nl.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        v.add((Element) node);
return v;
ListgetChildElements(Element parent)
Gets all child Element s of the given parent Element . 
return getChildElements(parent, null);
ListgetChildElements(Element parent)
get Child Elements 
if (null == parent)
    return null;
NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
    Node node = nodes.item(i);
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
        elements.add((Element) node);
...
Element[]getChildElements(Element parent)
Gets all the child elements. 
ArrayList a = new ArrayList();
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node item = children.item(i);
    if (!(item instanceof Element))
        continue;
    a.add(item);
return (Element[]) a.toArray(new Element[a.size()]);
ListgetChildElements(Element parent)
Get only the XML element children of an XML element. 
NodeList childNodes = parent.getChildNodes();
List<Element> childElements = new ArrayList<>();
for (int index = 0; index < childNodes.getLength(); index++) {
    if (childNodes.item(index).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        childElements.add((Element) childNodes.item(index));
return childElements;
...
Element[]getChildElements(Element parent)
Gets all the child elements. 
ArrayList a = new ArrayList();
NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
    Node item = children.item(i);
    if (!(item instanceof Element))
        continue;
    a.add(item);
return (Element[]) a.toArray(new Element[a.size()]);
ListgetChildElements(Element parent)
get Child Elements 
ArrayList<Element> retval = new ArrayList<Element>();
Node n = parent.getFirstChild();
while (n != null) {
    if (n instanceof Element) {
        retval.add((Element) n);
    n = n.getNextSibling();
return retval;