Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import javax.xml.namespace.QName; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Node; public class Main { /** * Execute an xpath query on a specific node. * * The type parameter specifies the expected type of the result of the * query. Typical types are: * * XPathContants.NUMBER: A java Double that corresponds to a numeric * literal in the XML document * XPathConstants.STRING: A java String that corresponds to a text literal * in the XML document * XPathConstants.NODESET: A NodeList that contains a list of nodes * in the XML document * XPathConstants.NODE: A particular Node inside the XML document * * @param doc The node on which the xpath expression is to be executed * @param xpath_expr The XPath expression to be executed * @param type One of the XPathConstants that specified the expected output. * @return The result of the XPath query on the node, of the corresponding * type */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <T> T xpath(Node doc, String xpath_expr, QName type) { XPathFactory xpathfactory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xpath = xpathfactory.newXPath(); XPathExpression expr; try { expr = xpath.compile(xpath_expr); return (T) expr.evaluate(doc, type); } catch (XPathExpressionException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }