1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java b/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
index 52f6554d5..fddf16944 100644
--- a/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
+++ b/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/DOMUtils.java
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Vector;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
@@ -854,5 +856,26 @@ public class DOMUtils {
     }
     return null;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns all child elements of the given element.
+   * 
+   * @param parent  The element to get the child elements from.
+   * 
+   * @return A list including all child elements of the given element.
+   *         Maybe empty if the parent element has no child elements.
+   */
+  public static List getChildElements (Element parent) {
+    Vector v = new Vector();
+    NodeList nl = parent.getChildNodes();
+    int length = nl.getLength();
+    for (int i=0; i < length; i++) {
+      Node node = nl.item(i);
+      if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+        v.add((Element)node);
+      }
+    }
+    return v;
+  }
 
 }