Here you can find the source of pathUp(Node node, int level)
public static String pathUp(Node node, int level)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Sonatype, Inc. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are 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 * * Contributors://from w w w . j a va 2s .c o m * Sonatype, Inc. - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static String pathUp(Node node, int level) { StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); int current = level; while (node != null && current > 0) { if (node instanceof Element) { if (buf.length() > 0) { buf.insert(0, "/"); } buf.insert(0, node.getNodeName()); current = current - 1; } node = node.getParentNode(); } return buf.toString(); } }