Java Utililty Methods XML Node Sibiling

List of utility methods to do XML Node Sibiling

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Description

The list of methods to do XML Node Sibiling are organized into topic(s).

Method

NodegetPreviousSiblingByName(Node currentNode, String tagName)
Search earlier siblings for a given node 
Node node = currentNode.getPreviousSibling();
while ((node != null) && (!node.getNodeName().equals(tagName))) {
    node = node.getPreviousSibling();
return node;
NodegetPreviousSiblingElement(Node node)
get Previous Sibling Element 
if (node == null)
    return null;
Node prevSibling = node.getPreviousSibling();
while ((prevSibling != null) && (prevSibling.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE))
    prevSibling = prevSibling.getPreviousSibling();
if ((prevSibling != null) && (prevSibling.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE))
    return prevSibling;
return null;
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ElementgetPreviousSiblingElement(Node node)
Get the previous sibling element. 
Node n = node.getPreviousSibling();
while (n != null && n.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
    n = n.getPreviousSibling();
return (Element) n;
NodegetSibling(Node current)
Get the sibling in next context 
Node sibling = current.getNextSibling();
Node tmpParent = current;
while (tmpParent != null && sibling == null) {
    tmpParent = tmpParent.getParentNode();
    if (tmpParent != null) {
        sibling = tmpParent.getNextSibling();
return sibling;
MapgetSiblingValues(Node currentNode, Set siblingTags)
This method looks at the siblings of a given node, matches the ones in the passed Set, then returns a map of the matches with their values 
Map<String, String> responseMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
String testString = currentNode.getLocalName().toLowerCase();
for (String tagName : siblingTags) {
    if (testString.contains(tagName.toLowerCase())) {
        responseMap.put(tagName, currentNode.getTextContent().trim());
        return responseMap;
return responseMap;