Android XPath Evaluate evaluateXPath(Node node, String xPath)

Description

evaluate X Path

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static String evaluateXPath(Node node, String xPath) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w ww.  ja  v  a 2s.c  om
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    private static String evaluateXPath(Node node, String xPath) {
        int currentSearchIndex = 0;
        while (currentSearchIndex < xPath.length()) {

            int endingIndex = xPath.indexOf("/", currentSearchIndex);

            String noderNameFromXPath = null;
            if (endingIndex == -1) {
                noderNameFromXPath = xPath.substring(currentSearchIndex);
            } else {
                noderNameFromXPath = xPath.substring(currentSearchIndex,
                        endingIndex);
            }

            node = findChildNodeWithName(node, noderNameFromXPath);

            if (endingIndex == -1) {
                break;
            }

            currentSearchIndex = endingIndex + 1;
        }

        if (node != null && node.getFirstChild() != null) {
            return node.getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
        } else if (node != null) {
            return node.getNodeValue();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private static Node findChildNodeWithName(Node node, String childName) {
        if (node == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            if (node.getNodeName().equals(childName)) {
                return node;
            } else {
                NodeList nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
                for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
                    if (nodeList.item(i).getNodeName().equals(childName)) {
                        return nodeList.item(i);
                    }
                }

                return null;
            }
        }
    }
}

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