Java XML Element Sibling getNextSibling(Element element)

Description

Get the next sibling element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	- an Element object.

Return

the next sibling element.

Declaration

public static Element getNextSibling(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2005 IBM Corporation and others.
 * 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://from   w  w w.j  a  va 2s . c  o m
 *   IBM - Initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the next sibling element.
     * 
     * @param element - an Element object.
     * @return the next sibling element.
     */
    public static Element getNextSibling(Element element) {
        // Return next sibling element
        return findNextSibling(element.getNextSibling());
    }

    /**
     * Find the next sibling element.
     * 
     * @param startNode XML start node.
     * @return the next sibling element.
     */
    protected static Element findNextSibling(Node startNode) {
        Node node = null;
        Element returnElement = null;

        // Find the next sibling element
        for (node = startNode; node != null && returnElement == null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
            // If this node is an element node, then return it
            if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                returnElement = (Element) node;
            }
        }

        // Return next sibling element
        return (Element) returnElement;
    }
}

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