Java XML Transform Usage path(Element element)

Description

Return an path expression describing an element

License

Open Source License

Declaration

static final String path(Element element) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Result;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return an path expression describing an element
     */
    static final String path(Element element) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        Node iterator = element;
        while (iterator.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
            sb.insert(0, ((Element) iterator).getTagName());
            sb.insert(0, "/");

            iterator = iterator.getParentNode();
        }

        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Transform an {@link Element} into a <code>String</code>.
     */
    static final String toString(Element element) {
        try {
            ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance()
                    .newTransformer();
            transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION,
                    "yes");
            Source source = new DOMSource(element);
            Result target = new StreamResult(out);
            transformer.transform(source, target);
            return out.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "[ ERROR IN toString() : " + e.getMessage() + " ]";
        }
    }
}

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