Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright 2004-2009 Tobias Gierke <tobias.gierke@code-sourcery.de> * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; public class Main { public static XPathExpression compileXPathExpression(String xPathExpression) { final XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); final XPath xpath = factory.newXPath(); try { return xpath.compile(xPathExpression); } catch (XPathExpressionException e) { throw new RuntimeException("Internal error, invalid XPATH expression " + xPathExpression, e); } } }