Java XML Node Value Check isEqual(Node a, Node b)

Description

Test two DOM nodes for equality, if both nodes are not equal to null then they are compared via Node#isEqualNode(Node)

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
a	a DOM node
b	a DOM node

Declaration

public static boolean isEqual(Node a, Node b) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w ww .j  av  a2  s  . c  o  m*/
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import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Test two DOM nodes for equality, if both
     * nodes are not equal to {@code null}
     * then they are compared via {@link Node#isEqualNode(Node)}
     *
     * @param a a DOM node
     * @param b a DOM node
     */
    public static boolean isEqual(Node a, Node b) {
        return (a == null) ? b == null : b != null && a.isEqualNode(b);
    }
}

Related

1. isElementNodeExist(Node root, String nodeString)
2. isElementNodeOfType(final Node n, final String type)
3. isElementType(Node _node)
4. isEmpty(Node node)
5. isEmptyTag(Node p_node)
6. isExpanded(Node node)
7. isFiltered(Node node)
8. isHidden(Node node)
9. isIgnorable(Node n)