XMLUtil { public static List<Element> getChildElementsByName(Element element, String localName) { List<Element> elements = new ArrayList<Element>(); for (Element e : getChildElements(element)) { if (e.getLocalName() == null && localName.equals(e.getNodeName())) { elements.add(e); } else if (localName.equals(e.getLocalName())) { elements.add(e); } } return elements; } private  XMLUtil(); static Document parseXML(String xmlAsString); static Document parseXML(InputStream in); static void writeXML(Node xml, File file); static void writeXML(Node xml, OutputStream outputStream); static void removeNodes(Element parent, NodeList elements); static List<Element> getChildElementsByName(Element element,
			String localName); static List<Element> getChildElements(Element element); static void addAsFirstChild(Element element, Element newChild); static QName getQName(Node n); static void removeAllSubNodesExceptAttributes(Node n); static Document createDocument(); static String getContentsOfTextOnlyNode(Node n); static String getXPathForElement(Node e, NamespaceContext ctx); static int getPosition(Element e); static Text appendTextNode(Element e, String contents); static String getTextContent(Node e); static QName resolveQName(String qNameWithPrefix, Element element); static String resolveNamespacePrefix(String prefix, Element element); static QName resolveQNameTargetNS(String sName, Node context, String targetNS);  }
@Test public void testGetChildElementsByName() throws Exception { Document doc = XMLUtil.parseXML(getClass().getResourceAsStream( "simple.xml")); Element root = doc.getDocumentElement(); assertEquals(1, XMLUtil.getChildElementsByName(root, "a").size()); assertEquals(0, XMLUtil.getChildElementsByName(root, "d").size()); }