Java Utililty Methods XML Node Find

Node foundNode = null;
NodeList nodes = document.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
if (nodes.getLength() > 0)
    foundNode = nodes.item(0);
return foundNode;

T userNode = null;
XPathFactory xPathfactory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
XPath xpath = xPathfactory.newXPath();
XPathExpression expr = xpath.compile(xpathEx);
org.w3c.dom.Node result = (org.w3c.dom.Node) expr.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODE);
if (result != null) {
    userNode = (T) result.getUserData(USER_KEY_NODE);
return userNode;

String nm = node.getLocalName();
String ns = node.getNamespaceURI();
short nt = node.getNodeType();
Node parentNode = node.getParentNode();
if (parentNode.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    return 1;
Node child = parentNode.getFirstChild();
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String nm = node.getLocalName();
String ns = node.getNamespaceURI();
short nt = node.getNodeType();
Node parentNode = node.getParentNode();
if (parentNode.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
    return 1;
Node child = parentNode.getFirstChild();
int ix = 0;
...

long value = 0;
String text = findNodeText(node);
if (text != null && !text.equals(""))
    value = Long.parseLong(text);
return value;

ArrayList<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>();
NodeList foundNodes = document.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
for (int i = 0; i < foundNodes.getLength(); i++)
    nodes.add(foundNodes.item(i));
Node[] returnNodes = new Node[nodes.size()];
return nodes.toArray(returnNodes);

if (node.getNodeName().equals(lookForName)) {
    ret.add(node);
} else {
    NodeList list = node.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); ++i) {
        findNodesNamed(list.item(i), lookForName, ret);

String value = null;
Node node = findNode(aNode, aName);
if (node != null) {
    value = getNodeValue(node);
return value;

NodeList elmts = doc.getElementsByTagNameNS("*", elementName);
;
for (int i = 0; i < elmts.getLength(); i++) {
    Node n = elmts.item(i);
    if (n == null) {
        continue; 
    NamedNodeMap attrs = n.getAttributes();
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