XML xpath, get the parent element till a specific element

Question

I\'m looking for the right xpath syntax to get a specific parent of an element. Example:

root
   |- div
   |     |
   |     |----??? ---|
   |     |           |-         


        

Answer 1

Use:

/root/div[.//a[@class='1']]/text()

This selects any text node that is a child of any a element that has a class attribute with value '1' and that (the a element) is a descendent of any div element that is a child of the top element named root.