How to use preceding-sibling and following-sibling in xpath to find sibling nodes

How to use preceding-sibling and following-sibling in xpath to find sibling nodes

How to get all the preceding siblings of Apple

Xpath: "//ul/li[contains(text(),'Apple Mobiles')]/preceding-sibling::li"

This will give "Samsung Mobiles"

How to get all the following  siblings of Apple
Xpath: "//ul/li[contains(text(),'Apple Mobiles')]/following-sibling::li"

This will give all the preceding siblings ( Nokia Mobiles, HTC Mobiles, Sony Mobiles, Micromax mobiles)

There is trick to use preceding-sibling and following-sibling. Place matters when you use this at beginning it will give you reverse result
When you use preceding-sibling at beginning then it will give result  ( Nokia Mobiles, HTC Mobiles, Sony Mobiles, Micromax mobiles) instead of Samsung mobiles.

Xpath : "//li[preceding-sibling::li='Apple Mobiles']"

This will give Samsung mobiles.
when you use following-sibling at the beginning then it will give reverse result. Instead of giving all below nodes of Apple mobile this will give Samsung Mobiles.
Xpath: "//li[following-sibling::li='Apple Mobiles']"
Now the question is how to get all the nodes between Apple Mobiles and Sony Mobiles.

Xpath : "//ul/li[preceding-sibling::li='Apple Mobiles' and following-sibling::li='Sony Mobiles']"
This will return Nokia Mobiles and HTC Mobiles.

or
Xpath : "//ul/li[preceding-sibling::li[.='Apple Mobiles'] and following-sibling::li[.='Sony Mobiles']]"
Or You can use this in contains as well
Xpath: "//ul/li[preceding-sibling::li[contains(text(),'Apple Mobiles')] and following-sibling::li[contains(text(),'Sony Mobiles')]]"