Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. */ import javax.xml.namespace.QName; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Object read(Node node, String expression, QName returnType) throws XPathExpressionException { XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); XPathExpression xPathExp = xpath.compile(expression); return xPathExp.evaluate(node, returnType); } }