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这个代码中的while循环是神马意思？

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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>nextSibling</title>
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<body>
<ul id="u1">
            <li id="a">javascript</li>
            <li id="b">jquery</li>
            <li id="c">html</li>
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        <ul id="u2">
            <li id="d">css3</li>
            <li id="e">php</li>
            <li id="f">java</li>
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<script type="text/javascript">
    function get_nextSibling(n){
        var x=n.nextSibling;
        while (x && x.nodeType!=1){
            x=x.nextSibling;
        }
        return x;
    }

    function get_previousSibling(n){
        var x=n.previousSibling;
        while (x && x.nodeType!=1){
            x=x.previousSibling;
        }
        return x;
    }

    var x=document.getElementsByTagName("li")[2];
    document.write(x.nodeName);
    document.write(" = ");
    document.write(x.innerHTML);

    var y=get_nextSibling(x);

    if(y!=null){
        document.write("<br />nextsibling: ");
        document.write(y.nodeName);
        document.write(" = ");
        document.write(y.innerHTML);
    }else{
      document.write("<br>已经是最后一个节点");
    }

     var z=get_previousSibling(x);
     if(z!=null){
        document.write("<br />previoussibling: ");
        document.write(z.nodeName);
        document.write(" = ");
        document.write(z.innerHTML);
    }else{
      document.write("<br>这是第一个节点");
    }

</script>
</body>
</html>