Returns the element who is immediately before the indicated node. If there is not, returns null. The node can be passed as argument or as attribute.

1 dom.element.getPreviousSiblingElement

<dom.element.getPreviousSiblingElement name='name'>
    <node /> ?
</dom.element.getPreviousSiblingElement>

Attributes
Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
Aname	String				Namee

Arguments
Name	Type	Required	Unique	Nullable	Description
Enode	Node

Returns
Type	Description
Node	Returns the first child of the element type of the node. If there is nor returns null.

Example

Get the node of the element type immediately before the root node of the file.

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<xsql-script name='dom_node_getPreviousSiblingElement'>

    <body>
        <set name='root'>
            <dom.parse><file name='data.xml' type='absolute' /></dom.parse>
        </set>

        <!-- It is situated in the element with the text hello. -->
        <set name='elem1'>
            <dom.element.getFirstChildElement>
                <root/>
            </dom.element.getFirstChildElement>
        </set>

        <set name='elem2'>
            <dom.element.getNextSiblingElement>
                <elem1/>
            </dom.element.getNextSiblingElement>
        </set>

        <!-- Return:  <element>world</element> -->
        <println>
            <elem2/>
        </println>

        <!-- Return:  <element>hello</element> -->
        <println>
            <dom.element.getPreviousSiblingElement>
                <elem2/>
            </dom.element.getPreviousSiblingElement>
        </println>

    </body>
</xsql-script>