Java XML Node Path getNodesPathName(Node node)

Description

Returns the path expression for a given node.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	in DOM tree.

Return

the path expression representing the node in DOM tree.

Declaration

public static String getNodesPathName(Node node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the path expression for a given node.
     * Path expressions look like: Foo.Bar.Poo where elements are
     * separated with a dot character.
     * 
     * @param node in DOM tree.
     * @return the path expression representing the node in DOM tree.
     */
    public static String getNodesPathName(Node node) {
        final StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
        buildNodeName(node, buffer);
        return buffer.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Builds the node path expression for a node in the DOM tree.
     * @param node in a DOM tree.
     * @param buffer string buffer.
     */
    private static void buildNodeName(Node node, StringBuffer buffer) {
        if (node.getParentNode() == null) {
            return;
        }

        buildNodeName(node.getParentNode(), buffer);

        if (node.getParentNode() != null && node.getParentNode().getParentNode() != null) {
            buffer.append(".");
        }

        buffer.append(node.getLocalName());
    }
}

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2. getNodePath(Node node)
3. getNodePath(Node node)
4. getNodePath(Node node, String postfix)
5. getNodes(Node node, String path)
6. getNXInfo(Node xmlDoc, String NXclassPath, String NXclassNameList, String fieldName, String filename)
7. getNXInfo1(Node xmlDoc, String NXclassPath, String NXclassNameList, String fieldName, String filename)
8. getNXInfoDefault(Node xmlDoc, String NXclassPath, String NXclassNameList, String fieldName, String filename)
9. getPath(Node n)