Java Utililty Methods XML Node Select

List of utility methods to do XML Node Select

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The list of methods to do XML Node Select are organized into topic(s).

Method

Element selectElement(Node node, String uri, String nodeName)
select Element

while (node != null) {
 if (nodeName.equals(node.getLocalName()) && uri.equals(node.getNamespaceURI()))
 return (Element) node;
 Element located = findElementinChilds(node, uri, nodeName);
 if (located != null) {
 return located;
return null;

Node selectNode(Node node, String tag)
select Node

NodeList nodes = node.getChildNodes();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
 Node n = nodes.item(i);
 if (n instanceof Element && ((Element) n).getTagName().equals(tag)) {
 return n;
return null;
...

Element selectNode(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName, int number)
select Node

while (sibling != null) {
 if (sibling.getNamespaceURI() != null && sibling.getNamespaceURI().equals(uri)
 && sibling.getLocalName().equals(nodeName)) {
 if (number == 0) {
 return (Element) sibling;
 number--;
 sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
return null;

Element selectNode(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName, int number)
select Node

while (sibling != null) {
 if (sibling.getNamespaceURI() != null && sibling.getNamespaceURI().equals(uri)
 && sibling.getLocalName().equals(nodeName)) {
 if (number == 0) {
 return (Element) sibling;
 number--;
 sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
return null;

Element selectNode(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName, int number)
select Node

while (sibling != null) {
 if (nodeName.equals(sibling.getLocalName()) && uri.equals(sibling.getNamespaceURI())) {
 if (number == 0) {
 return (Element) sibling;
 number--;
 sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
...

Node selectNodeByName(Node node, String nodeName)
Method selectNodeByName.

Node nodeToReturn = null;
int i = 0;
NodeList currNodes = node.getChildNodes();
int length = currNodes.getLength();
while ((i < length) && (nodeToReturn == null)) {
 Node thisNode = currNodes.item(i);
 if (thisNode.getNodeName().equals(nodeName)) {
 nodeToReturn = thisNode;
...

Element[] selectNodes(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName)
select Nodes

List<Element> list = new ArrayList<Element>();
while (sibling != null) {
 if (sibling.getNamespaceURI() != null && sibling.getNamespaceURI().equals(uri)
 && sibling.getLocalName().equals(nodeName)) {
 list.add((Element) sibling);
 sibling = sibling.getNextSibling();
return list.toArray(new Element[list.size()]);

Element[] selectNodes(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName)
select Nodes

int size = 20;
Element[] a = new Element[size];
int curr = 0;
while (sibling != null) {
 if (nodeName.equals(sibling.getLocalName()) && uri.equals(sibling.getNamespaceURI())) {
 a[curr++] = (Element) sibling;
 if (size <= curr) {
 int cursize = size << 2;
...

Text selectNodeText(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName, int number)
select Node Text

Node n = selectNode(sibling, uri, nodeName, number);
if (n == null) {
 return null;
n = n.getFirstChild();
while (n != null && n.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE) {
 n = n.getNextSibling();
return (Text) n;

Text selectNodeText(Node sibling, String uri, String nodeName, int number)
select Node Text

Node n = selectNode(sibling, uri, nodeName, number);
if (n == null) {
 return null;
n = n.getFirstChild();
while (n != null && n.getNodeType() != Node.TEXT_NODE) {
 n = n.getNextSibling();
return (Text) n;