Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; public class Main { public static String getNodeText(Node node, XPathExpression xpath) { try { Object result = xpath.evaluate(node, XPathConstants.NODE); if (result == null) { return null; } return ((Node) result).getTextContent(); } catch (XPathExpressionException e) { throw new RuntimeException("Invalid XPath", e); } } }