Count the DOM nodes of the supplied type (nodeType) before the supplied node, not including the node itself. - Java XML

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Description

Count the DOM nodes of the supplied type (nodeType) before the supplied node, not including the node itself.

Demo Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Count the DOM nodes of the supplied type (nodeType) before the supplied
     * node, not including the node itself.
     * <p/>
     * Counts the sibling nodes.
     *
     * @param node     Node whose siblings are to be counted.
     * @param nodeType The DOM {@link Node} type of the siblings to be counted.
     * @return The number of siblings of the supplied type before the supplied node.
     */
    public static int countNodesBefore(Node node, short nodeType) {
        Node parent = node.getParentNode();
        if (parent == null) {
            System.out.println("Cannot count nodes before [" + node
                    + "]. [" + node + "] has no parent.");
            return 0;
        }

        NodeList siblings = parent.getChildNodes();
        int count = 0;
        int siblingCount = siblings.getLength();

        for (int i = 0; i < siblingCount; i++) {
            Node sibling = siblings.item(i);

            if (sibling == node) {
                break;
            }
            if (sibling.getNodeType() == nodeType) {
                count++;
            }
        }

        return count;
    }

    /**
     * Count the DOM nodes before the supplied node, not including the node itself.
     * <p/>
     * Counts the sibling nodes.
     *
     * @param node Node whose siblings are to be counted.
     * @return The number of siblings before the supplied node.
     */
    public static int countNodesBefore(Node node) {
        Node parent = node.getParentNode();
        if (parent == null) {
            System.out.println("Cannot count nodes before [" + node
                    + "]. [" + node + "] has no parent.");
            return 0;
        }

        NodeList siblings = parent.getChildNodes();
        int count = 0;
        int siblingCount = siblings.getLength();

        for (int i = 0; i < siblingCount; i++) {
            Node sibling = siblings.item(i);

            if (sibling == node) {
                break;
            }
            count++;
        }

        return count;
    }
}

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