Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { public static Node findSchemaPropertyByDimensionName(Document xmlDoc, String xPathExpression) { XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); Node nOde = null; try { nOde = (Node) xPath.compile(xPathExpression).evaluate(xmlDoc, XPathConstants.NODE); } catch (XPathExpressionException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return nOde; } }