Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2012 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, * Diamond Light Source Ltd. * * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html */ import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; public class Main { /** * * @param xPath * @throws Exception - if path invalid. */ public static void isLegalXPath(final String xPath) throws Exception { XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xpath = factory.newXPath(); xpath.compile(xPath); } }