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.Node; public class Main { static XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); public static Node getNode(Node node, String expression) throws XPathExpressionException { XPathExpression expr = xpath.compile(expression); Node r = (Node) expr.evaluate(node, XPathConstants.NODE); return r; } }