code: private static List<Element> getChildElements(Element node)
  
  	{
  
  		List<Element> elements = new Vector<Element>();
  
  		NodeList childs = node.getChildNodes();
  
  		for (int j = 0; j < childs.getLength(); j++)
  
  		{
  
  			// Node cNode = childs.item(j);
  
  			if (childs.item(j).getNodeName().equals(TAG_PROPERTY)
  					&& childs.item(j).getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
  
  			{
  
  				elements.add((Element) childs.item(j));
  
  			}
  
  		}
  
  		return elements;
  
  	}
docs: $NON-NLS-1$