Source: src/xml/XmlObject.js

/**
 * Basic XML object that handles data connection to the DON node tree
 *
 * @class XmlObject
 * @param node DOM tree node
 */
export class XmlObject {
  constructor(node) {
    if (!node || !node.nodeType) {
      throw new Error('The node "' + node + '" is not a valid DOM node');
    }
    this.Node = node;
  }

  clone() {
    return Object.assign(Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(this)), this);
  }

  /**
   * Methods to hook in converters that can use this XML type for formatting
   * @param {Visitor} visitor that converts XML to other formats
   */
  accept(visitor) {
    return visitor.visit(this);
  }

  /**
   * getChild - Gets a (usally the first) child by its tag name
   *
   * @param  {string} name The tag name of the child
   * @return {DOMNode}    DOM node representation of the child
   */
  getChild(name) {
    return this.Node.getElementsByTagName(name)[0];
  }

  /**
   * getChildren - Gets all children by its tag name
   *
   * @param  {string} name The tag name of the child. If empty all children will be given
   * @return {DOMNodeList} DOM node list representation of the children
   */
  getChildren(name = '') {
    return name === '' ? this.Node.childNodes : this.Node.getElementsByTagName(name);
  }

  /**
   * getSiblings - Gets all siblings by its tag name
   *
   * @param  {string} name The tag name of the sibling.
   * @return {DOMNodeList} DOM node list representation of the children
   */
  getSiblings(name) {
    return this.Node.parentNode.getElementsByTagName(name);
  }

  findPreviousElement(name, vicinity = 2) {
    let prevElement = this.Node.previousElementSibling;
    let distance = 0;
    while (prevElement !== null && prevElement !== undefined && distance <= vicinity) {
      if (prevElement.tagName === name) {
        return { 'element': prevElement, 'distance': distance };
      }
      prevElement = prevElement.previousElementSibling;
      distance++;
    }
    return { 'element': null, 'distance': 0 };
  }

  getNextElement() {
    if ((this.Node.nextElementSibling !== null &&
       this.Node.nextElementSibling !== undefined) &&
       this.Node.nextElementSibling.tagName) {
      return this.Node.previousElementSibling;
    }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * childExists - Check if a child exists
   *
   * @param  {string} name The tag name of the child
   * @return {bool}      true if child exists, false otherwise
   */
  childExists(name) {
    return this.Node.getElementsByTagName(name)[0] !== undefined;
  }

  /**
   * getText - Get the string representation of a node's text content
   *
   * @param  {string} name The tag name of the child
   * @return {string}      string of the text content
   */
  getText(name) {
    let txt = '';
    if (this.childExists(name)) {
      const kids = this.getChildren(name);
      for (let i = 0; i < kids.length; i++) {
        txt += kids[i].textContent + '\n';
      }
    }
    return txt.trim();
  }

  /**
   * getTextArray - Get the strings of the given child tags as array instead of string
   *
   * @param  {string} name The tag name of the child
   * @return {Arrray}      string array of the text content
   */
  getTextArray(name) {
    const txt = [];
    if (this.childExists(name)) {
      const kids = this.getChildren(name);
      for (let i = 0; i < kids.length; i++) {
        txt.push(kids[i].textContent);
      }
    }
    return txt;
  }

  /**
   * getNum - Get the numeric representation of the node. Will return NaN if failed
   *
   * @param  {string} name The tag name of the child
   * @return {float}       Value of the node
   */
  getNum(name) {
    let res = NaN;
    if (this.childExists(name)) {
      const kids = this.getChildren(name);
      res = parseFloat(kids[0].textContent);
    }
    return res;
  }

  /**
   * getAttribute - Gets a string representation of an attribute
   *
   * @param  {string} name Attribute name
   * @return {string}      Attribute value
   */
  getAttribute(name) {
    return this.Node.getAttribute(name);
  }

  /**
   * Check if this element is the first in the tag
   */
  isFirst() {
    return this.Node.previousElementSibling === null;
  }
}