Here you can find the source of pathTo(Node xmlNode)
static public String pathTo(Node xmlNode)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w ww . j a v a 2 s.c om*/ * Copyright (C) 2014 Dell, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { static public String pathTo(Node xmlNode) { StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); for (Node node = xmlNode; node != null; node = node.getParentNode()) { if (node.getNodeType() == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) result.insert(0, node.getNodeName()); else result.insert(0, " -> " + node.getNodeName()); } return result.toString(); } }