Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * SoapUI, copyright (C) 2004-2012 smartbear.com * * SoapUI is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation. * * SoapUI is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without * even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details at gnu.org. */ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Returns absolute xpath for specified element, ignores namespaces * * @param element * the element to create for * @return the elements path in its containing document */ public static String getElementPath(Element element) { Node elm = element; String result = elm.getNodeName() + "[" + getElementIndex(elm) + "]"; while (elm.getParentNode() != null && elm.getParentNode().getNodeType() != Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) { elm = elm.getParentNode(); result = elm.getNodeName() + "[" + getElementIndex(elm) + "]/" + result; } return "/" + result; } /** * Gets the index of the specified element amongst elements with the same * name * * @param element * the element to get for * @return the index of the element, will be >= 1 */ public static int getElementIndex(Node element) { int result = 1; Node elm = element.getPreviousSibling(); while (elm != null) { if (elm.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && elm.getNodeName().equals(element.getNodeName())) result++; elm = elm.getPreviousSibling(); } return result; } }