Java Utililty Methods HTML Jsoup Element

List of utility methods to do HTML Jsoup Element

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The list of methods to do HTML Jsoup Element are organized into topic(s).

Method

ListfindAllNodesBefore(Element firstChapter)
find All Nodes Before 
List<Node> foundNodes = new ArrayList<>();
List<Node> parentNodes = getAllNodes(firstChapter.parent());
for (Node node : parentNodes) {
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        Element element = (Element) node;
        if ("h1".equals(element.tagName())) {
            return foundNodes;
    foundNodes.add(node);
return foundNodes;
ElementsfindElementsByTag(Element element, String... tags)
Returns the all elements matching any of the given tags (case-insensitive). 
List<Element> results = new ArrayList<Element>();
Set<String> tagSet = new HashSet<String>();
for (String tag : tags)
    tagSet.add(tag.toLowerCase());
filterElementsByTag(results, element, tagSet);
return new Elements(results);
ElementfindFirstByTag(Element element, String tag)
Returns the first element found with the given tag (or tag sequence separated by '/') or null. 
return findFirstByTag(element, tag.split("/"), 0);
OptionalfindNextElementSibling(final Element startElement, final Predicate condition)
find Next Element Sibling 
for (Element el = startElement.nextElementSibling(); el != null; el = el.nextElementSibling()) {
    if (condition.test(el)) {
        return Optional.of(el);
return Optional.empty();
ElementfindPreviousH2Element(Element h3)
find Previous H Element 
Elements hElements = findAllHElements(h3);
Element currentH2 = null;
for (Element h : hElements) {
    if (h.nodeName().equals("h2")) {
        currentH2 = h;
    if (h.html().equals(h3.html())) {
        return currentH2;
...
ElementfindPreviousHElement(Elements sequence, Element reference)
find Previous H Element 
int index = sequence.indexOf(reference);
for (index = sequence.indexOf(reference); index >= 0; index--) {
    Element element = sequence.get(index);
    if (element.tagName().startsWith("h")) {
        return element;
return null;
...
ElementfindRootElement(Element element)
find Root Element 
Element parent;
do {
    parent = element.parent();
    if (parent == null) {
        return element;
    element = parent;
} while (parent != null);
...
ElementfirstElement(final Element element, final String... tags)
first Element 
Element _element = element;
for (String tag : tags)
    _element = firstChildByTag(_element, tag);
return _element;
StringgetActiveJob(Element element)
get Active Job 
if (element.select("dd.current-content").size() > 0) {
    return element.select("dd.current-content").get(0).text();
return null;
ListgetAllNodes(Element element)
get All Nodes 
try {
    Field childNodesField = Node.class.getDeclaredField("childNodes");
    childNodesField.setAccessible(true);
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    List<Node> childNodes = (List<Node>) childNodesField.get(element);
    return childNodes;
} catch (Exception e) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Could not get the nodes of element: " + element, e);
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