Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (c) 2012 centeractive ag. All Rights Reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, * MA 02110-1301 USA */ import org.w3c.dom.*; public class Main { /** * 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; } }