code: protected void parseCollectionElements(NodeList elementNodes, Collection<Object> target, BeanDefinition bd,
        String defaultElementType) {
      for (int i = 0; i < elementNodes.getLength(); i++) {
        Node node = elementNodes.item(i);
        if (node instanceof Element && !nodeNameEquals(node, DESCRIPTION_ELEMENT))
          target.add(parsePropertySubElement((Element) node, bd, defaultElementType));
      }
    }
docs: <p>
  parseCollectionElements.
  </p>
  
  @param elementNodes a {@link org.w3c.dom.NodeList} object.
  @param target a {@link java.util.Collection} object.
  @param bd a {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition} object.
  @param defaultElementType a {@link java.lang.String} object.