Java XML Node Parent getParentElement(Element element)

Description

Gets the parent element.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
element	the element

Return

the parent element

Declaration

public static Element getParentElement(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w  ww  .  j a  v a 2 s .  c  o m
     * Gets the parent element.
     * 
     * @param element
     *            the element
     * @return the parent element
     */
    public static Element getParentElement(Element element) {
        if (element == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Element parentElement = null;
        Node parentNode = element.getParentNode();
        while (parentNode != null && parentElement == null) {
            if (parentNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                parentElement = (Element) parentNode;
            }
            if (parentNode.getNodeType() == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
                parentElement = ((Document) parentNode).getDocumentElement();
                if (element.isSameNode(parentElement)) {
                    parentElement = null;
                }
            }
            parentNode = parentNode.getParentNode();
        }

        return parentElement;
    }
}

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