Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2012 LIG SIGMA * * 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 org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import javax.xml.namespace.QName; import javax.xml.xpath.*; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; public class Main { private static XPath xpath; private static Map<String, XPathExpression> compiledString = new HashMap<String, XPathExpression>(); public static NodeList list(String path, Node e) { return (NodeList) evaluateXPath(path, e, XPathConstants.NODESET); } private static Object evaluateXPath(String path, Node e, QName type) { try { XPathExpression expr = compiledString.get(path); if (expr == null) { expr = xpath.compile(path); compiledString.put(path, expr); } return expr.evaluate(e, type); } catch (XPathExpressionException e1) { throw new IllegalStateException("Wrong XPATH expression: " + path, e1); //SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IF THE EXPRESSIONS ARE WELL MADE INSIDE THE CODE } } public static String get(String path, Node e) { return (String) evaluateXPath(path, e, XPathConstants.STRING); } }