Java Utililty Methods XML Node Path

String target_source = "";
String file_name = "";
if (individual != null) {
    target_source = individual.getAttributes().getNamedItem("location").getNodeValue();
    file_name = individual.getAttributes().getNamedItem("file").getNodeValue();
    return target_source + file_name;
return null;
...

if (cur < 0 || cur >= nodePath.length)
    return;
boolean last = (cur == nodePath.length - 1);
String name = nodePath[cur];
if (node.hasChildNodes()) {
    NodeList children = node.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
        Node c = children.item(i);
...

List<Node> nodes = getNodes(node, nodePath);
if (nodes != null && nodes.size() > 0) {
    return nodes.get(0);
} else {
    return null;

String[] nodePathArr = nodePath.split("/");
return getNode(root, nodePathArr, 0);

Node cur, tmp, next;
String buffer = "";
String sep;
String name;
int occur = 0;
boolean generic;
cur = node;
do {
...

Deque<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
list.addFirst(node.getNodeName());
node = node.getParentNode();
while (node != null) {
    list.addFirst(node.getNodeName());
    node = node.getParentNode();
return list.toArray(new String[0]);
...

StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder("/");
Stack<String> stack = new Stack<String>();
Node n = node;
while (n != null) {
    String nname = n.getNodeName();
    NamedNodeMap attrs = n.getAttributes();
    if (attrs != null && attrs.getLength() != 0) {
        Node attr = attrs.getNamedItem("xconf-uid");
...

StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(32);
while (node != null) {
    sb.append(node.getNodeName());
    sb.append("/");
    node = node.getParentNode();
return sb.toString();

if (node.getParentNode() != null) {
    return getNodePath(node.getParentNode(), node.getParentNode().getNodeName() + "/" + postfix);
} else {
    return postfix;

ArrayList nodeList = new ArrayList();
ArrayList pathList = new ArrayList();
String[] pathArray = path.split("/");
for (int i = 0; i < pathArray.length; i++) {
    if (pathArray[i].equals(""))
        continue;
    pathList.add(pathArray[i]);
for (int i = 0; i < pathList.size(); i++) {
    StringBuffer restPath = new StringBuffer();
    for (int k = i + 1; k < pathList.size(); k++) {
        restPath.append("/").append((String) pathList.get(k));
    for (int j = 0; j < node.getChildNodes().getLength(); j++) {
        if (!node.getChildNodes().item(j).getNodeName().equals(pathList.get(i)))
            continue;
        if (restPath.length() == 0) {
            nodeList.add(node.getChildNodes().item(j));
        } else {
            nodeList.addAll(getNodes(node.getChildNodes().item(j), restPath.toString()));
return nodeList;