Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException; import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static NodeList getNodes(Node doc, String xpath_url) throws XPathExpressionException { XPathFactory xpathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); return (NodeList) xpathFactory.newXPath().compile(xpath_url).evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET); } }