DOM Parsing

[Gaurav Chikara]

Hi
Is there any way using DOM API to find out how many occurences of a particular Node name are there in our XML
As I m trying to find a node having multiple occurences
but when i try to find it it stops after giving value of first node only

[chris leonardi]

Hi Gaurav -
This may not be the most elegant approach, but it should work:
Element root = doc.getDocumentElement();
NodeList nodes = root.getElementsByTagName("match");
int count = nodes.getLength();
One thing to keep in mind with this tactic is that it will match all matching descendents of the current element. For instance:
<a1>
<b1><match /></b1>
<b2><match /></b2>
<b3><match /></b3>
<b4>
<c1><match /></c2>
<c2><match /></c2>
<c3>
<d1><match /></d1>
<d2><match /></d2>
</c3>
</b4>
</a1>
This would find 7 nodes. Hope that helps.
Chris