Java Utililty Methods XML Node Type

if (node.getNodeType() == nodeType
        || (nodeType == org.w3c.dom.Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE && node.getAttributes().getLength() > 0))
    return true;
else {
    NodeList childNodes = node.getChildNodes();
    for (int childIndex = 0; childIndex < childNodes.getLength(); childIndex++)
        if (containsNodeType(childNodes.item(childIndex), nodeType))
            return true;
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Node parent = node.getParentNode();
if (parent == null) {
    System.out.println("Cannot count nodes before [" + node + "]. [" + node + "] has no parent.");
    return 0;
NodeList siblings = parent.getChildNodes();
int count = 0;
int siblingCount = siblings.getLength();
...

Node parent1 = node1.getParentNode();
if (parent1 == null) {
    System.out.println("Cannot count nodes between [" + node1 + "] and [" + node2 + "]. [" + node1
            + "] has no parent.");
    return 0;
Node parent2 = node2.getParentNode();
if (parent2 == null) {
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if (typeNode != null) {
    final String type = typeNode.getTextContent();
    if ("Long".equals(type) || "long".equals(type)) {
        return Long.parseLong(value);
    } else if ("Integer".equals(type) || "int".equals(type)) {
        return Integer.parseInt(value);
return value;

if (root == null)
    return null;
Stack<Node> nodeStack = new Stack<Node>();
HashMap<Node, Stack<Integer>> stackMap = new HashMap<Node, Stack<Integer>>(17, 0.85f);
nodeStack.push(root);
while (!nodeStack.empty()) {
    org.w3c.dom.Node node = (org.w3c.dom.Node) nodeStack.peek();
    if (node.getNodeType() == type)
...

List<T> retVal = new ArrayList<T>(list.getLength());
for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); ++i) {
    Node n = list.item(i);
    if (n.getNodeType() == type) {
        retVal.add((T) n);
return retVal;
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return (node != null ? node.getNodeType() : -1);

return (node != null ? node.getNodeType() : -1);

return (node != null ? node.getNodeType() : -1);

switch (nodeType)
case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
    return "ATTRIBUTE_NODE ";
case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
    return "CDATA_SECTION_NODE";
case Node.COMMENT_NODE:
    return "COMMENT_NODE";
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