Java XML Node Path pathUp(Node node, int level)

Description

calculates the path of the node up in the hierarchy, example of result is project/build/plugins/plugin level parameter designates the number of parents to climb eg.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String pathUp(Node node, int level) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from ww  w  .  j a  v  a2s .  c o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2000-present Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
 * details.
 */

import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;

public class Main {
    /**
     * calculates the path of the node up in the hierarchy, example of result is
     * project/build/plugins/plugin level parameter designates the number of
     * parents to climb eg. for level 2 the result would be plugins/plugin level
     * -1 means all the way to the top.
     */
    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();
    }
}

Related

1. getVectorPathFromNode(Node node)
2. getVectorPathFromNode(Node node)
3. getVectorPathFromNode(Node node)
4. pathTo(Node xmlNode)
5. pathUp(Node node, int level)