Question

I have this XML code:

<root>
  <node>
    </first_child>
    </second_child>
    </third_child>
  </node>
</root>

I need to take all children nodes one by one and save like three Node variable using DOM.

If I use

doc.getElementsByTagName("node");

I take this “node” with all the children, while I need only “first_child, second_child and third_child”

How to obtain this?

Answer 1

Element el = (Element)(doc.getElementsByTagName("node").item(0));
NodeList children = el.getChildNodes();

for (int i=0; i<children.getLength(); i++) {
  System.out.println(children.item(0).getNodeValue());
}