Java XML Node Sibiling getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemNames[])

Description

Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemNames[]) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Finds and returns the next sibling element node.
     */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node) {

        // search for node
        Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
        while (sibling != null) {
            if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) sibling;
            }
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }

        // not found
        return null;

    }

    /**
     * Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name.
     */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemName) {

        // search for node
        Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
        while (sibling != null) {
            if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                if (sibling.getNodeName().equals(elemName)) {
                    return (Element) sibling;
                }
            }
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }

        // not found
        return null;

    }

    /**
     * Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name.
     */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemNames[]) {

        // search for node
        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();
        }

        // not found
        return null;

    }

    /**
     * Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name and
     * attribute name, value pair. Since only elements have attributes,
     * the node returned will be of type Node.ELEMENT_NODE.
     */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemName, String attrName, String attrValue) {

        // search for node
        Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
        while (sibling != null) {
            if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element element = (Element) sibling;
                if (element.getNodeName().equals(elemName) && element.getAttribute(attrName).equals(attrValue)) {
                    return element;
                }
            }
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }

        // not found
        return null;

    }
}

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