Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2016 Hamburg Sud and the contributors. * * 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 java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; 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.NodeList; public class Main { public static List<String> evalXPathAsStringList(Object item, String xpath, XPathFactory factory, boolean includeDuplicates) throws XPathExpressionException { NodeList nl = evalXPathAsNodeList(item, xpath, factory); List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>(nl.getLength()); for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) { String text = nl.item(i).getTextContent(); if (includeDuplicates || !result.contains(text)) { result.add(text); } } return result; } public static NodeList evalXPathAsNodeList(Object item, String xpath, XPathFactory factory) throws XPathExpressionException { XPath path = factory.newXPath(); XPathExpression expr = path.compile(xpath); return (NodeList) expr.evaluate(item, XPathConstants.NODESET); } }