Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static List<Element> getXPathList(Node node, String expr) { assertNotNull("node == null", node); XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xpath = factory.newXPath(); List<Element> result = new ArrayList<Element>(); try { NodeList nl = (NodeList) xpath.evaluate(expr, node, XPathConstants.NODESET); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { result.add((Element) nl.item(i)); } return result; } catch (XPathExpressionException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } private static void assertNotNull(String msg, Object o) { if (o == null) { throw new IllegalStateException(msg); } } }