Java XML Child Node Get getChildElements(Node node)

Description

Gets all child elements.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	the node whose children should be returned

Return

list of elements or empty list if no subelements found

Declaration

public static List<Element> getChildElements(Node node) 

Method Source Code

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import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets all child elements.
     * 
     * @param node the node whose children should be returned
     * @return list of elements or empty list if no subelements found
     */
    public static List<Element> getChildElements(Node node) {

        ArrayList<Element> ret = new ArrayList<Element>(5);
        for (Node child = node.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {

            if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                ret.add((Element) child);
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }
}

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