Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: GNU General Public License import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { static public Element selectSingleElement(Element element, String xpathExpression) throws Exception { if (xpathExpression.indexOf("/") == -1) { NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) { Node node = nodeList.item(i); if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.getNodeName().equals(xpathExpression)) { return (Element) node; } } // NodeList nodes = element.getElementsByTagName(xpathExpression); // if (nodes.getLength() > 0) { // return (Element) nodes.item(0); // } else { return null; // } } else { XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); Element node = (Element) xpath.evaluate(xpathExpression, element, XPathConstants.NODE); return node; } } }