Java XML Element Get getElementIndex(Element ele)

Description

Returns the index of the Node within the current sub-tree.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
ele	a parameter

Declaration

public static int getElementIndex(Element ele) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from w w  w  .ja v a 2 s  .co  m
 * WS-Attacker - A Modular Web Services Penetration Testing Framework Copyright
 * (C) 2013 Christian Mainka
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 * version.
 *
 * This program 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 General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
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 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51
 * Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the index of the Node within the current sub-tree. Mainly used for creating FastXPath expressions (
     * {@link #getFastXPath(Node)})
     * 
     * @param ele
     * @return
     */
    public static int getElementIndex(Element ele) {
        int index = 1;
        Node prev = ele.getPreviousSibling();
        while (prev != null) {
            if (prev.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                if (((Element) prev).getNodeName().equals(ele.getNodeName())) {
                    ++index;
                }
            }
            prev = prev.getPreviousSibling();
        }
        return index;
    }
}

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5. getElementId(Element element)
6. getElementIndex(Element element)
7. getElementLanguage(Element elemNode, String defaultLangCode)
8. getElementLanguage(Element elemNode, String defaultLangCode)
9. getElementList(Document doc, String expression)