Here you can find the source of getParentNode(Node node)
public static Node getParentNode(Node node)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Red Hat, Inc. * Distributed under license by Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. * This program is made available under the terms of the * Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributor:// ww w .j a v a 2s. c o m * Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import org.w3c.dom.Attr; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Node getParentNode(Node node) { if (node == null) { return null; } else if (node instanceof Attr) { return ((Attr) node).getOwnerElement(); } else { return node.getParentNode(); } } }