Here you can find the source of getXPath(Element elt)
public static String getXPath(Element elt)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w . j av a 2s. c om * Copyright (c) 2001-2011 Convertigo SA. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * $URL$ * $Author$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ */ import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { public static String getXPath(Element elt) { String xpath = ""; if (elt != null) { Document doc = elt.getOwnerDocument(); Element root = doc.getDocumentElement(); Element parent = elt; while (parent != root) { xpath = "/" + parent.getNodeName() + xpath; parent = (Element) parent.getParentNode(); } } return xpath; } }