Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import java.util.Vector; public class Main { public static Vector<Element> findElements(String xpath, Node scope) throws XPathExpressionException { XPathFactory xpf = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xp = xpf.newXPath(); NodeList nl; Vector<Element> elements = new Vector<Element>(); nl = (NodeList) xp.evaluate(xpath, scope, XPathConstants.NODESET); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) elements.add((Element) nl.item(i)); return elements; } }