Android Utililty Methods XML Node Search

List of utility methods to do XML Node Search

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Description

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

Method

NodefindNamedElementNode(Node doc, String name)
find Named Element Node 
Node[] elnodes = getChildNodes(doc, Node.ELEMENT_NODE);
int i;
for (i = 0; i < elnodes.length; ++i) {
    if (elnodes[i].getNodeName().equals(name))
        return elnodes[i];
return null;
ListfindNamedElementNodes(Node doc, String name)
find Named Element Nodes 
Node[] elnodes = getChildNodes(doc, Node.ELEMENT_NODE);
List<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>();
int i;
for (i = 0; i < elnodes.length; ++i) {
    if (elnodes[i].getNodeName().equals(name)) {
        nodes.add(elnodes[i]);
return nodes;
ElementfindNextElement(Node ret, String name)
find Next Element 
ret = ret.getNextSibling();
while (ret != null
        && (!(ret instanceof Element) || !ret.getNodeName().equals(
                name))) {
    ret = ret.getNextSibling();
return (Element) ret;
StringgetOptionalXmlString(Node node, String xmlLocalName)
Retrieves the value of that XML element as a string. 
Node child = getFirstChild(node, xmlLocalName);
return child == null ? null : child.getTextContent();
StringreturnNodeValue(Node node)
Returns the value of an XML node. 
String text = node.getFirstChild().getTextContent();
text = text.replaceAll("\\\\n", "\n");
return text;
ElementselectNode(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName, int number)
select Node 
while (sibling != null) {
    if (sibling.getNamespaceURI() != null
            && sibling.getNamespaceURI().equals(uri)
            && sibling.getLocalName().equals(nodeName)) {
        if (number == 0) {
            return (Element) sibling;
        number--;
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TextselectNodeText(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName, int number)
select Node Text 
Node n = selectNode(sibling, uri, nodeName, number);
if (n == null) {
    return null;
n = n.getFirstChild();
while (n != null && n.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE) {
    n = n.getNextSibling();
return (Text) n;
Element[]selectNodes(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName)
select Nodes 
List<Element> list = new ArrayList<Element>();
while (sibling != null) {
    if (sibling.getNamespaceURI() != null
            && sibling.getNamespaceURI().equals(uri)
            && sibling.getLocalName().equals(nodeName)) {
        list.add((Element) sibling);
    sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
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