Android XML Node Child Check hasChild(Node node, String namespace, String name)

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Description

Search for availability of a certain child.

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter Description
node The node to scan.
namespace The requested namespace, or null for no preference.
name The element name, or null for no preference.

Return

True if a matching child exists.

Declaration

public static boolean hasChild(Node node, String namespace, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   www .j a v a2s . co  m
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 * Copyright 2010 Rene Treffer
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Search for availability of a certain child.
     * @param node The node to scan.
     * @param namespace The requested namespace, or null for no preference.
     * @param name The element name, or null for no preference.
     * @return True if a matching child exists.
     */
    public static boolean hasChild(Node node, String namespace, String name) {
        return getFirstChild(node, namespace, name) != null;
    }

    /**
     * Return the first child of a node, based on name/namespace.
     * @param node The node to scan.
     * @param namespace The requested namespace, or null for no preference.
     * @param name The element name, or null for no preference.
     * @return The first matching node or null.
     */
    public static Node getFirstChild(Node node, String namespace,
            String name) {
        NodeList childNodes = node.getChildNodes();
        for (int i = 0, l = childNodes.getLength(); i < l; i++) {
            Node child = childNodes.item(i);
            if (isInstance(child, namespace, name)) {
                return child;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Test if a node matches a namespace/name criteria, handling a null as
     * match any.
     * @param node The node to scan.
     * @param namespace The requested namespace, or null for no preference.
     * @param name The element name, or null for no preference.
     * @return True if the element matched.
     */
    public static boolean isInstance(Node node, String namespace,
            String name) {
        if (node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            return false;
        }
        if (namespace != null && !namespace.equals(node.getNamespaceURI())) {
            return false;
        }
        if (name != null && !name.equals(node.getLocalName())
                && !name.equals(node.getNodeName())) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
}

Related

  1. hasChildElement(NodeList list)
  2. hasTextContent(Node child)
  3. isDescendantOrSelf(Node ctx, Node descendantOrSelf)
  4. isInstance(Node node, String namespace, String name)