Java XML Node Sibiling getPreviousSiblingElement(Node node)

Description

get Previous Sibling Element

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Node getPreviousSiblingElement(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    public static Node getPreviousSiblingElement(Node node) {
        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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