Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Element getParentXElement(Element startElement, String xmlTag) { boolean found = false; if (startElement == null) return null; Node parentNode = startElement.getParentNode(); while (!found) { if (parentNode == null) found = true; else if (parentNode.getNodeName().equals(xmlTag)) found = true; if (!found) parentNode = parentNode.getParentNode(); } return (Element) parentNode; } }