Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Node getParentById(String id, Node node) { Node parent = node.getParentNode(); while (parent != null) { if (parent instanceof Element && id.equalsIgnoreCase(((Element) parent).getAttribute("id"))) { return parent; } else { parent = parent.getParentNode(); } } return parent; } }