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<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/example/xdom/loadxmldoc.js"> 
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//check if the next sibling node is an element node
function get_nextsibling(n)
{
var x=n.nextSibling;
while (x.nodeType!=1)
  {
  x=x.nextSibling;
  }
return x;
}
​
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("/example/xdom/books.xml");
​
var x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0];
document.write(x.nodeName);
document.write(" = ");
document.write(x.childNodes[0].nodeValue);
​
var y=get_nextsibling(x);
​
document.write("<br />Next sibling: ");
document.write(y.nodeName);
document.write(" = ");
document.write(y.childNodes[0].nodeValue);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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