Java tutorial
import java.io.FileReader; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; public class GetSeriesId { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xPath = factory.newXPath(); Double result = (Double) xPath.evaluate("/schedule/@seriesId", new InputSource(new FileReader("tds.xml")), XPathConstants.NUMBER); System.out.println(result.intValue()); } }