Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License 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.Document; public class Main { public static Object executeXPath(Document document, String expression, QName outputType) { Object result = null; XPathFactory xPathfactory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xpath = xPathfactory.newXPath(); XPathExpression expr; try { expr = xpath.compile(expression); result = expr.evaluate(document, outputType); } catch (XPathExpressionException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } return result; } }