Java XML Node Sibiling getLocHomoSibling(Node aNode)

Description

aims at finding the location of the current node of its kind.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aNode	a parameter

Declaration

public static int getLocHomoSibling(Node aNode) 

Method Source Code

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

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**//www .j  a v  a  2 s . c  o  m
     * aims at finding the location of the current node of its kind. the idea is
     * to count how many previous siblings does it have,
     * 
     * @param aNode
     * @return
     */
    public static int getLocHomoSibling(Node aNode) {
        int countOfBranch = 0;
        Node preSibling = aNode;
        while ((preSibling = preSibling.getPreviousSibling()) != null) {
            if (preSibling.getNodeName().equals(aNode.getNodeName())) {
                countOfBranch++;
            }
        }
        return countOfBranch;
    }
}

Related

1. containsSiblings(org.w3c.dom.Node node)
2. getFirstElementSibling(Node node)
3. getFirstSiblingElmt(Node aNode)
4. getFirstSiblingNamed(Node node, String name)
5. getNextElementSibling(Node node)
6. getNextElementSibling(Node node)
7. getNextElementSibling(Node node)
8. getNextHomoSibling(Node aNode)