Java XML Attribute from Node getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemName, String attrName, String attrValue)

Description

Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name and attribute name, value pair.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemName, String attrName, String attrValue) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /** Finds and returns the next sibling element node. */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node) {

        // search for node
        Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
        while (sibling != null) {
            if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) sibling;
            }
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }

        // not found
        return null;

    }

    /** Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name. */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemName) {

        // search for node
        Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
        while (sibling != null) {
            if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                if (sibling.getNodeName().equals(elemName)) {
                    return (Element) sibling;
                }
            }
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }

        // not found
        return null;

    }

    /** Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name. */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemNames[]) {

        // search for node
        Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
        while (sibling != null) {
            if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                for (int i = 0; i < elemNames.length; i++) {
                    if (sibling.getNodeName().equals(elemNames[i])) {
                        return (Element) sibling;
                    }
                }
            }
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }

        // not found
        return null;

    }

    /**
     * Finds and returns the next sibling node with the given name and
     * attribute name, value pair. Since only elements have attributes,
     * the node returned will be of type Node.ELEMENT_NODE.
     */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node, String elemName, String attrName, String attrValue) {

        // search for node
        Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
        while (sibling != null) {
            if (sibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                Element element = (Element) sibling;
                if (element.getNodeName().equals(elemName) && element.getAttribute(attrName).equals(attrValue)) {
                    return element;
                }
            }
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }

        // not found
        return null;

    }
}

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