JAVA Ignore commented out xml tags -

while i'm parsing xml document, commented out code node (which bad idea begin with), wan't know when have commented out node/bulk , not parse it.

this code parses xml elements:

private static boolean updatexml(file file, document doc, nodelist nodelist)  {     if(nodelist==null)         return false;      boolean somethingchanged = false;     for(int i=0;i<nodelist.getlength();i++)     {         if(nodelist.item(i).haschildnodes())         {             somethingchanged |= updatexml(file, doc, nodelist.item(i).getchildnodes());         }         else         { ... }     } } 

and when debug it, can see commented out part brought 1 complete node.

how can ignore these comments?

use this:

node node = nodelist.item(i); if(node.getnodetype() == node.comment_node) {     continue; } else {     //do }