Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; public class Main { public static String getXmlNodeValue(Document doc, String nodePath) throws Exception { XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); String nodeValue = (String) xpath.evaluate(nodePath, doc, XPathConstants.STRING); return nodeValue; } }