Java Utililty Methods XML Node Sibiling

List of utility methods to do XML Node Sibiling

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The list of methods to do XML Node Sibiling are organized into topic(s).

Method

booleancontainsSiblings(org.w3c.dom.Node node)
contains Siblings 
NodeList childNodes = node.getChildNodes();
if (childNodes != null)
    if (childNodes.getLength() > 1)
        return true;
    else if (containsSiblings(childNodes.item(0)))
        return true;
return false;
ElementgetFirstElementSibling(Node node)
Returns the first subsequent sibling of a given node which is an Element. 
return (node == null || node instanceof Element) ? (Element) node
        : getFirstElementSibling(node.getNextSibling());
ElementgetFirstSiblingElmt(Node aNode)
get First Sibling Elmt 
if (aNode == null) {
    return null;
Node wNode = aNode.getNextSibling();
while (wNode != null && wNode.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    wNode = wNode.getNextSibling();
return (Element) wNode;
...
NodegetFirstSiblingNamed(Node node, String name)
Returns the first sibling of node, or node itself, which has the given name. 
while (node != null && !node.getNodeName().equals(name)) {
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return node;
intgetLocHomoSibling(Node aNode)
aims at finding the location of the current node of its kind. 
int countOfBranch = 0;
Node preSibling = aNode;
while ((preSibling = preSibling.getPreviousSibling()) != null) {
    if (preSibling.getNodeName().equals(aNode.getNodeName())) {
        countOfBranch++;
return countOfBranch;
...
ElementgetNextElementSibling(Node node)
Returns the next sibling element of the given node. 
node = node.getNextSibling();
while (node != null) {
    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        return (Element) node;
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return null;
...
NodegetNextElementSibling(Node node)
get Next Element Sibling 
node = node.getNextSibling();
while (node != null && node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return node;
NodegetNextElementSibling(Node node)
get Next Element Sibling 
node = node.getNextSibling();
while (node != null && node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    node = node.getNextSibling();
return node;
NodegetNextHomoSibling(Node aNode)
this function is different from above one. 
Node nextSibling = aNode;
while ((nextSibling = nextSibling.getNextSibling()) != null) {
    if (nextSibling.getNodeName().equals(aNode.getNodeName())) {
        return nextSibling;
return null;
NodegetNextNamedSibling(Node node, String nodeName)
get Next Named Sibling 
Node nextSibling = node.getNextSibling();
while (nextSibling != null && !nextSibling.getNodeName().equals(nodeName)) {
    nextSibling = nextSibling.getNextSibling();
return nextSibling;