Java XML Element Get getElement(Element element, boolean before)

Description

get Element

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	a parameter
before	true to search the element before, false for the element after

Return

the element before element

Declaration

public static Element getElement(Element element, boolean before) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/******************************************************************************
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 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *       Linagora - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param element
     * @param before true to search the element before, false for the element after
     * @return the element before <i>element</i>
     */
    public static Element getElement(Element element, boolean before) {

        NodeList bas = element.getParentNode().getChildNodes();
        Element searchedElement = null;

        boolean found = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < bas.getLength() && (searchedElement == null || !found); i++) {

            if (element.equals(bas.item(i)))
                found = true;

            else if (bas.item(i) instanceof Element) {

                // We look for the element before - we didn't find the right element yet
                if (before && !found)
                    searchedElement = (Element) bas.item(i);

                // We look for the element after - we have to find the right element first
                else if (!before && found)
                    searchedElement = (Element) bas.item(i);
            }
        }

        return searchedElement;
    }
}

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