Returns a list of child elements with the given name. - Java XML

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Returns a list of child elements with the given name.

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

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>Returns a list of child elements with the given
     * name. Returns an empty list if there are no such child
     * elements.</p>
     *
     * @param parent parent element
     * @param name   name of the child element
     * @return child elements
     */
    static List getChildElementsByName(Element parent, String name) {
        List elements = new ArrayList();

        NodeList children = parent.getChildNodes();

        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = children.item(i);
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element element = (Element) node;
                if (element.getTagName().equals(name)) {
                    elements.add(element);
                }
            }
        }

        return elements;
    }
}

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