Name

lastChild: Node

Synopsis

Returns a pointer to the end of a given Node object’s linked list of child nodes. If the node does not have children, it returns null.

Java binding

public Node getLastChild( );

Java example

// List the value of a node in reverse order
for (Node nd = ndDump.getLastChild( ); nd != null;
     nd = nd.getPreviousSibling( )) {
    if (nd.getNodeValue( ) != null) {
        System.out.println(nd.getNodeValue( ));
    }
}

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