Java tutorial
import java.io.StringReader; import javax.xml.xpath.XPath; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String docroot = "<div><i>items <b>sold</b></i></div>"; XPath xxpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); InputSource inputSource = new InputSource(new StringReader(docroot)); String result = (String) xxpath.evaluate("//b", inputSource, XPathConstants.STRING); System.out.println(result); } }