Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static NodeList SelectNodes(Document doc, String xmlpath) { NodeList nodes = null; Object result; try { XPathFactory xFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xpath = xFactory.newXPath(); XPathExpression expr; expr = xpath.compile(xmlpath); result = expr.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET); nodes = (NodeList) result; } catch (XPathExpressionException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } return nodes; } }