public int nextTag() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
        next();
        if (type == TEXT && isWhitespace) {
            next();
        }

        if (type != END_TAG && type != START_TAG) {
            throw new XmlPullParserException("unexpected type", this, null);
        }

        return type;
    }
public int nextTag ( ) throws XmlPullParserException , IOException { next ( ) ; if ( type == TEXT && isWhitespace ) { next ( ) ; } if ( type != END_TAG && type != START_TAG ) { throw new XmlPullParserException ( "unexpected type" , this , null ) ; } return type ; }
utility methods to make XML parsing easier ...