Get line number from xml node - java

Question

I have parsed an XML file and have gotten a Node that I am interested in. How can I now find the line number in the source XML file where this node occurs?

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Answer 1

Note that according to the spec (of Locator.getLineNumber()) the method returns the line number where the SAX-event ends!

In the case of "startElement()" this means:

Here the line number for Element is 1:

Here the line number for Element is 3: