Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * The MIT License * * Copyright (c) 2011, Jesse Farinacci * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. */ 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; public class Main { private static final XPathFactory XPATH_FACTORY = XPathFactory.newInstance(); public static String evaluateStringXPath(final Document document, final String expression) throws XPathExpressionException { return evaluateStringXPath(document, compile(expression)); } public static String evaluateStringXPath(final Document document, final XPathExpression expression) throws XPathExpressionException { notNull(document); notNull(expression); return (String) expression.evaluate(document, XPathConstants.STRING); } public static XPathExpression compile(final String expression) throws XPathExpressionException { notNull(expression); return XPATH_FACTORY.newXPath().compile(expression); } public static void notNull(final Object object) { if (object == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(); } } }