Java XML Element Sibling getPreviousSiblingElementByTagName(Element e, String name)

Description

Get the previous sibling of e which is an element and has tag name name, or null if there is no such element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
e	e
name	name

Return

null if n is null

Declaration

public static Element getPreviousSiblingElementByTagName(Element e, String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from ww  w  .j av  a2s .  c o m
 * Copyright 2000-2006 DFKI GmbH.
 * All Rights Reserved.  Use is subject to license terms.
 *
 * This file is part of MARY TTS.
 *
 * MARY TTS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the previous sibling of <code>e</code> which is an element and has tag name <code>name</code>, or <code>null</code> if
     * there is no such element.
     * 
     * @param e
     *            e
     * @param name
     *            name
     * @return null if n is null
     */
    public static Element getPreviousSiblingElementByTagName(Element e, String name) {
        Node n = e;
        if (n == null)
            return null;
        while ((n = n.getPreviousSibling()) != null) {
            if (n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && ((Element) n).getTagName().equals(name))
                return (Element) n;
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. getNextSiblingElement(Node node)
2. getNextSiblingElementByTagName(Element e, String name)
3. getNextSiblingElementWithName(Element elem, String name)
4. getPrecedingSiblings(Element element, String namespaceUri)
5. getPreviousSiblingElement(Element elem)
6. getPrevSibling(Element e)
7. getPrevSibling(Element element)
8. getSiblingElement(Element e, String name)
9. getSiblingNamed(Element element, String name)