This will return the next sibling XML element (skipping Text elements along the way) - Java XML

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This will return the next sibling XML element (skipping Text elements along the way)

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  w  w. ja va 2 s  .co m*/
     * This will return the next sibling element (skipping Text elements
     * along the way)
     *
     * @return org.w3c.dom.Element
     * @param element org.w3c.dom.Element
     */
    public static Element nextElement(Element element) {
        Node sibling = element.getNextSibling();
        while (null != sibling) {
            if (sibling instanceof Element)
                return (Element) sibling; // Found one.  We're outta here.
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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