Returns the next sibling element of the specified node, or null if there is no such element. - Java XML

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Returns the next sibling element of the specified node, or null if there is no such element.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the next sibling element of the specified node, or null if there 
     * is no such element.
     *
     * @param node the node
     * @return the next sibling element of the specified node, or null if there 
     *    is no such element
     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>node == null</code>
     */
    public static Element getNextSiblingElement(Node node) {
        Node sibling = node.getNextSibling();
        while (sibling != null
                && sibling.getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
        }
        return (Element) sibling;
    }
}

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