Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2011 AKRA GmbH * * 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 java.util.Vector; import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** * Generates an XPath expression that will return only the given node as its * result. This method only works for element, text, document and PI nodes. * * @param node the node to generate an XPath expression for. This node must * be an element node, a text node, a document node, or a processing * instruction node. * @return an XPath expression that will return only the given node as its * result. * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the given node is not an element, * text, document or PI node. */ public static String getXPathExprFromNode(Node node) throws IllegalArgumentException { short nodeType = getNodeType(node); switch (nodeType) { case Node.ELEMENT_NODE: case Node.TEXT_NODE: case Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: return getXPathFromVector(getVectorPathFromNode(node)); case Node.DOCUMENT_NODE: return "/"; default: throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only works for element, text, " + "document, and PI nodes."); } } private static short getNodeType(Node node) { return (node != null ? node.getNodeType() : -1); } private static String getXPathFromVector(Vector path) { StringBuffer strBuf = new StringBuffer(); int length = path.size(); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { Node tempNode = (Node) path.elementAt(i); short nodeType = getNodeType(tempNode); String targetValue = getValue(tempNode, nodeType); int position = 1; tempNode = getPreviousTypedNode(tempNode, nodeType); while (tempNode != null) { if (nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if (getValue(tempNode, nodeType).equals(targetValue)) { position++; } } else { position++; } tempNode = getPreviousTypedNode(tempNode, nodeType); } boolean hasMatchingSiblings = (position > 1); if (!hasMatchingSiblings) { tempNode = (Node) path.elementAt(i); tempNode = getNextTypedNode(tempNode, nodeType); while (!hasMatchingSiblings && tempNode != null) { if (nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { if (getValue(tempNode, nodeType).equals(targetValue)) { hasMatchingSiblings = true; } else { tempNode = getNextTypedNode(tempNode, nodeType); } } else { hasMatchingSiblings = true; } } } String step; switch (nodeType) { case Node.TEXT_NODE: step = "text()"; break; case Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: step = "processing-instruction()"; break; default: step = targetValue; break; } if (step != null && step.length() > 0) { strBuf.append('/' + step); } if (hasMatchingSiblings) { strBuf.append("[" + position + "]"); } } return strBuf.toString(); } private static Vector getVectorPathFromNode(Node node) { Vector path = new Vector(); while (node != null) { path.insertElementAt(node, 0); node = node.getParentNode(); } return path; } private static String getValue(Node node, short nodeType) { switch (nodeType) { case Node.ELEMENT_NODE: return ((Element) node).getTagName(); case Node.TEXT_NODE: return ((Text) node).getData(); case Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: return ((ProcessingInstruction) node).getData(); default: return ""; } } private static Node getPreviousTypedNode(Node node, short nodeType) { node = node.getPreviousSibling(); while (node != null && node.getNodeType() != nodeType) { node = node.getPreviousSibling(); } return node; } private static Node getNextTypedNode(Node node, short nodeType) { node = node.getNextSibling(); while (node != null && node.getNodeType() != nodeType) { node = node.getNextSibling(); } return node; } }