Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2015, 2016 Junichi Tatemura * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. *******************************************************************************/ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Generates a path expression that refers to * the given element. * @param elem the element for which a path is * generated. * @return a path from the root to the given element. */ public static String path(Element elem) { String path = "/" + name(elem); Node currentNode = elem; while ((currentNode = currentNode.getParentNode()) != null) { if (currentNode instanceof Element) { path = "/" + name((Element) currentNode) + path; } else { break; } } return path; } private static String name(Element elem) { String name = elem.getAttribute("name"); if (!name.isEmpty()) { return elem.getTagName() + "[" + name + "]"; } else { return elem.getTagName(); } } }