Java Utililty Methods XML Last Child Element

List of utility methods to do XML Last Child Element

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Method

ElementgetLastChildElement(Node node)
Returns the last child element of the specified node, or null if there is no such element. 
Node child = node.getLastChild();
while (child != null && child.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    child = child.getPreviousSibling();
return (Element) child;
ElementgetLastChildElement(Node parent)
Finds and returns the last child element node. 
Node child = parent.getLastChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) child;
    child = child.getPreviousSibling();
return null;
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ElementgetLastChildElement(Node parent)
get Last Child Element 
if (parent == null || parent.getChildNodes() == null) {
    return null;
NodeList nodes = parent.getChildNodes();
for (int i = nodes.getLength() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    Node child = nodes.item(i);
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) child;
...
ElementgetLastChildElement(Node start)
__UNDOCUMENTED__ 
NodeList children = start.getChildNodes();
if (children != null) {
    int len = children.getLength();
    Node n = null;
    for (int i = len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        n = children.item(i);
        if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            return ((Element) n);
...
ElementgetLastChildElementNS(Node parent, String uri, String localpart)
Finds and returns the last child node with the given qualified name. 
Node child = parent.getLastChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        String childURI = child.getNamespaceURI();
        if (childURI != null && childURI.equals(uri) && child.getLocalName().equals(localpart)) {
            return (Element) child;
    child = child.getPreviousSibling();
return null;
ElementgetLastChildWithTagNameNS(Element parent, String namespaceURI, String localName)
get Last Child With Tag Name NS 
final NodeList elements = parent.getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName);
return (elements.getLength() > 0) ? (Element) (elements.item(elements.getLength() - 1)) : null;
NodegetLastNamedChildNode(Node root, String nodeName)
get Last Named Child Node 
Node current = root.getLastChild();
while (current != null) {
    if (current.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase(nodeName)) {
        return current;
    current = current.getPreviousSibling();
return null;
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NodegetLastNodeChild(Node node)
Get the last non-text child of a node. 
if (node == null)
    return null;
Node child = node.getLastChild();
while (child != null && child.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE)
    child = child.getPreviousSibling();
return child;
ElementgetLastVisibleChildElement(Node parent)
Finds and returns the last visible child element node. 
Node child = parent.getLastChild();
while (child != null) {
    if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && !isHidden(child)) {
        return (Element) child;
    child = child.getPreviousSibling();
return null;
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