Java XML Node Previous getPreviousElementNode(Node node)

Description

get Previous Element Node

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static Node getPreviousElementNode(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2001, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * /* ww  w.jav a 2 s. c o m*/
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class Main {
    private static Node getPreviousElementNode(Node node) {
        Node previous = node.getPreviousSibling();

        while (!(previous instanceof Element) && previous != null) {
            previous = previous.getPreviousSibling();
        }
        if (previous instanceof Text) {
            return null;
        }
        return previous;
    }
}

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