Java Utililty Methods XML Node Type

NodeList subnodes = in.getChildNodes();
if (subnodes == null)
    return (new Node[0]);
int count = subnodes.getLength();
List holder = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    Node test = subnodes.item(i);
    if (test.getNodeType() == type)
...

String suffix = cftype ? "" : "_NODE";
switch (node.getNodeType()) {
case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
    return "ATTRIBUTE" + suffix;
case Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
    return "CDATA_SECTION" + suffix;
case Node.COMMENT_NODE:
    return "COMMENT" + suffix;
...

Node firstChild = nameNode.getFirstChild();
if (firstChild == null) {
    return null;
String nodeValue = firstChild.getNodeValue();
String nameType = "";
if (nodeValue != null && !nodeValue.trim().isEmpty()) {
    nameType = nodeValue + ".";
...

switch (nodeType) {
case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
    return "element";
case Node.DOCUMENT_NODE:
    return "document";
case Node.TEXT_NODE:
    return "text";
case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
...

Node parent = n.getParentNode();
while (parent != null) {
    if (parent.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        Element element = ((Element) parent);
        String tag = element.getTagName();
        if (tagToMatch.equals(tag)) {
            return true;
    parent = parent.getParentNode();
return false;

assert nodeType < nodeTypeMap.length;
String val = nodeTypeMap[nodeType];
if (val == null)
    val = "UNKNOWN!!!";
assert val instanceof String;
return (String) val;