Java XML Node Previous getPreviousComment(Node element)

Description

get Previous Comment

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getPreviousComment(Node element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2010 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *******************************************************************************/

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    public static String getPreviousComment(Node element) {
        while (element.getPreviousSibling() != null) {
            Node prev = element.getPreviousSibling();
            if (prev.getNodeType() == Node.COMMENT_NODE) {
                return prev.getTextContent();
            } else if (prev.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                return getPreviousComment(prev);
            } else if (prev.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                return null;
            }/*from   w w w .  j  ava  2 s.c o m*/
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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5. getPrevious(Node node)
6. getPreviousComment(Node element)
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