Java XML Node Previous getPrevious(final Node current, final boolean sameName)

Description

get Previous

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Node getPrevious(final Node current, final boolean sameName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    public static Node getPrevious(final Node current, final boolean sameName) {
        String name = null;/*  w  w w  .  j a  v  a2s .  co  m*/
        if (sameName) {
            name = current.getNodeName();
        }

        int type = current.getNodeType();
        return getPrevious(current, name, type);

    }

    public static Node getPrevious(final Node current, final String name, final int type) {
        Node prev = current.getPreviousSibling();
        if (prev == null) {
            return null;
        }

        for (Node node = prev; node != null; node = node.getPreviousSibling()) {

            if (type >= 0 && node.getNodeType() != type) {
                continue;
            } else {
                if (name == null) {
                    return node;
                }
                if (name.equals(node.getNodeName())) {
                    return node;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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