Java XML Child Get getChildElements(Element ele)

Description

Retrieve all child elements of the given DOM element

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
ele	the DOM element to analyze

Return

a List of child org.w3c.dom.Element instances

Declaration

public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element ele) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Retrieve all child elements of the given DOM element   
        
     * @param ele         the DOM element to analyze
     * @return a List of child <code>org.w3c.dom.Element</code> instances
     */
    public static List<Element> getChildElements(Element ele) {
        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;
    }
}

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