Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright (c) 2009-2011, AOL Inc. All rights reserved. This code is licensed under a BSD license. Howard Uman */ 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 { public static Node getXpathExpressionNode(Object xprContext, String xpExpression) throws XPathExpressionException { XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); XPathExpression xpe = xpath.compile(xpExpression); Node node = (Node) xpe.evaluate(xprContext, XPathConstants.NODE); return node; } }