src/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/IIOMetadataNode.java

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      }
  
      /**
       * Check that the node is either <code>null</code> or an
       * <code>IIOMetadataNode</code>.
+      *
+      * @exception DOMException thrown if the node is not <code>null</code> or
+      * not an instance of <code>IIOMetadtaNode</code>
       */
      private void checkNode(Node node) throws DOMException {
          if (node == null) {
              return;
          }