Java XML Element Get from Parent getElements(Document document, Element parent)

Description

get Elements

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element[] getElements(Document document, Element parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

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

public class Main {
    private static Element[] EMPTY_ELEMENTS = new Element[0];

    public static Element[] getElements(Document document, Element parent) {
        if (parent == null) {
            return new Element[] {};
        }// w w w . j a  va  2 s.co m

        NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
        return toElements(nl);
    }

    private static Element[] toElements(NodeList nl) {
        if (nl.getLength() == 0) {
            return EMPTY_ELEMENTS;
        }
        List<Element> al = new ArrayList<Element>();

        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            Node n = nl.item(i);

            if (n instanceof Element) {
                al.add((Element) n);
            }
        }
        return al.toArray(new Element[al.size()]);
    }
}

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