Java Utililty Methods XML Node Sibiling

List of utility methods to do XML Node Sibiling

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Description

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

Method

ElementgetNextSiblingElement(Node node)
Returns the next sibling element of a Node. 
Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
while ((sibling != null) && (sibling.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)) {
    sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
return (Element) sibling;
ElementgetNextSiblingElement(Node node)
get Next Sibling Element 
Node n = node.getNextSibling();
while (n != null && n.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    n = n.getNextSibling();
return (Element) n;
ElementgetNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemNames[])
Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name. 
Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
while (sibling != null) {
    if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        for (int i = 0; i < elemNames.length; i++) {
            if (sibling.getNodeName().equals(elemNames[i])) {
                return (Element) sibling;
    sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
return null;
NodeGetNextSiblingElement(Node start)
gets the sibling element of a node 
if (start == null)
    return start;
Node node = start.getNextSibling();
if (node == null)
    return node;
else if (node.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
    return GetNextSiblingElement(node);
else
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ElementgetNextSiblingElementByName(Node node, String name)
Get the sibling Element of the supplied node that matches a given tag name. 
Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
while (sibling != null) {
    if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && sibling.getLocalName() != null
            && sibling.getLocalName().equals(name)) {
        return (Element) sibling;
    sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
return null;
ElementgetNextSiblingElementNS(Node node, String uri)
get Next Sibling Element NS 
Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
while (sibling != null) {
    if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        String siblingURI = sibling.getNamespaceURI();
        if (siblingURI != null && siblingURI.equals(uri)) {
            return (Element) sibling;
    sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
return null;
ElementgetNextSiblingElementNS(Node node, String[][] elemNames)
Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given qualified name. 
Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
while (sibling != null) {
    if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        for (int i = 0; i < elemNames.length; i++) {
            String uri = sibling.getNamespaceURI();
            if (uri != null && uri.equals(elemNames[i][0])
                    && sibling.getLocalName().equals(elemNames[i][1])) {
                return (Element) sibling;
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ElementgetNextVisibleSiblingElement(Node node)
get Next Visible Sibling Element 
Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
while (sibling != null) {
    if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && !isHidden(sibling)) {
        return (Element) sibling;
    sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
return null;
...
NodegetPreHomoSibling(Node aNode)
get Pre Homo Sibling 
Node preSibling = aNode;
while ((preSibling = preSibling.getPreviousSibling()) != null) {
    if (preSibling.getNodeName().equals(aNode.getNodeName())) {
        return preSibling;
return null;
NodegetPreviousSibling(Node node, short nodeType)
get Previous Sibling 
Node parent = node.getParentNode();
if (parent == null) {
    System.out.println("Cannot get node [" + node + "] previous sibling. [" + node + "] has no parent.");
    return null;
NodeList siblings = parent.getChildNodes();
int siblingCount = siblings.getLength();
int nodeIndex = 0;
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