Get parent Node in XML file in java

Question

i have the following XML file :

<table1>
<row0>
    <column1>String</column1>
    <column2>int</column2>
</row0>

<row1>
    <column1>aa</column1>
    <column2>65432</column2>
</row1>

<row2>
    <column1>ww</column1>
    <column2>1111</column2>
</row2>

<row3>
    <column1>fff</column1>
    <column2>333</column2>
</row3>

<row4>
    <column1>jj</column1>
    <column2>2</column2>
</row4>

and if i have for example the value aa i want to get "row1" as a String what should i do?

What you have tried ? post some code

Ashraful Islam
– Ashraful Islam

2015-11-17 18:37:05 +00:00
Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 18:37 — Ashraful Islam
– Ashraful Islam, Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 18:37

Swayam · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-17 18:58:04Z

1

If you already have the column1 Element with the value aa and just want to get the name of the parent node, use col1Element.getParentNode().getNodeName().

answered Nov 17, 2015 at 18:58

Swayam

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