Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* ************************************************************************** * * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. * * This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. * ************************************************************************** */ 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 { /** * Applies the specified XPath expression to the given node and returns the * first result. * * @param node the root element; the given XPath expression is applied to * this node * @param path the XPath expression * @return the first node corresponding to the specified XPath expression * @throws XPathExpressionException */ public static Node evalFirst(Node node, String path) throws XPathExpressionException { XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xpath = factory.newXPath(); XPathExpression expr = xpath.compile(path); final Node result = (Node) expr.evaluate(node, XPathConstants.NODE); return result; } }