Package edu.hm.hafner.util

Class XmlElementUtil

java.lang.Object

edu.hm.hafner.util.XmlElementUtil

public class XmlElementUtil
extends Object

Provides some useful methods to process the DOM.

Author:

Ullrich Hafner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<Element>	getChildElementsByName(Element parent, String name)	Returns all elements in the parent that match the specified name.
static Optional<Element>	getFirstChildElementByName(Element parent, String name)	Returns the first element in the parent that match the specified name.
static List<Element>	nodeListToList(NodeList nodeList)	Convert a NodeList into a List<Element>.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getChildElementsByName

public static List<Element> getChildElementsByName(Element parent,
 String name)

Returns all elements in the parent that match the specified name.

Parameters:

parent - the parent element

name - the expected name of the childs

Returns:

the elements, the list might be empty if there is no match

getFirstChildElementByName

public static Optional<Element> getFirstChildElementByName(Element parent,
 String name)

Returns the first element in the parent that match the specified name.

Parameters:

parent - the parent element

name - the expected name of the childs

Returns:

the first element if there is a match, Optional.empty() otherwise

nodeListToList

public static List<Element> nodeListToList(@CheckForNull
 NodeList nodeList)

Convert a NodeList into a List<Element>. Also filters out non elements from the node list.

Parameters:

nodeList - node list to convert.

Returns:

list of elements.