Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import org.jdom.Attribute; import org.jdom.Document; import org.jdom.Element; import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder; import org.jdom.xpath.XPath; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder(); Document doc = builder.build(new File("tds.xml")); Attribute attr = (Attribute) XPath.selectSingleNode(doc, "/schedule/@name"); System.out.println(attr.getValue()); Element el = new Element("parent").addContent(new Element("child").setAttribute("name", "value")); System.out.println(XPath.selectSingleNode(new Attribute("foo", "bar"), "position()")); XPath path = XPath.newInstance("/schedule/@name"); System.out.println(path.valueOf(doc)); } }