Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { XPathFactory xPathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xPath = xPathFactory.newXPath(); InputSource doc = new InputSource(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(new File("file.xml")))); String expression = "//Home/data"; XPathExpression xPathExpression = xPath.compile(expression); NodeList elem1List = (NodeList) xPathExpression.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET); xPathExpression = xPath.compile("@type"); for (int i = 0; i < elem1List.getLength(); i++) { System.out.println(xPathExpression.evaluate(elem1List.item(i), XPathConstants.STRING)); } } }