Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2014 Eric Van Dewoestine * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; public class Main { private static XPath XPATH; /** * Create an XPathExpression from the supplied xpath string. * * @param xpath The xpath string. * @return An XPathExpression. */ public static XPathExpression createXPathExpression(String xpath) throws Exception { if (XPATH == null) { XPATH = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); } return XPATH.compile(xpath); } }