Java XML Node Parent previousSiblingElement(Node node)

Description

previous Sibling Element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Element previousSiblingElement(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Red Hat, Inc.//from   w ww .  j ava  2 s .c o  m
 * Distributed under license by Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * This program is 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:
 *     Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    public static Element previousSiblingElement(Node node) {
        for (Node tempNode = node.getPreviousSibling(); tempNode != null; tempNode = tempNode
                .getPreviousSibling()) {
            if (tempNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return (Element) tempNode;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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3. isDescendant(Node test, Node target)
4. isDescendantOrSelf(Node ctx, Node descendantOrSelf)
5. isDescendantOrSelf(Node ctx, Node descendantOrSelf)
6. resolveLeafNodeValue(Node node)