Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; public class Main { /** * convenience method to generate an XPathExpression object from a string representing an Xpath * @param pathstring the string * @return an Xpath object, or null if there was an exception */ public static XPathExpression makeXPathFromString(String pathstring) { XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xpath = factory.newXPath(); XPathExpression expr = null; try { expr = xpath.compile(pathstring); } catch (XPathExpressionException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } return expr; } }