Java XPath Evaluate evaluateNodeSet(XPathExpression xpe, Object item)

Description

Evaluates the given XPath expression in the context of the given item, with the expectation of a node set result.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
xpe	An XPath expression.
item	A context item.

Exception

Parameter	Description
XPathExpressionException	if the evaluation fails

Return

The result of the evaluation as a instance.

Declaration

public static NodeList evaluateNodeSet(XPathExpression xpe, Object item) throws XPathExpressionException 

Method Source Code

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import javax.xml.xpath.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>
     * Evaluates the given XPath expression in the context of the given item, with
     * the expectation of a node set result.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param xpe
     *          An XPath expression.
     * @param item
     *          A context item.
     * @return The result of the evaluation as a {@link NodeSet} instance.
     * @throws XPathExpressionException
     *           if the evaluation fails
     * @since 1.67.5
     * @see XPathConstants#NODESET
     */
    public static NodeList evaluateNodeSet(XPathExpression xpe, Object item) throws XPathExpressionException {
        return (NodeList) xpe.evaluate(item, XPathConstants.NODESET);
    }
}

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5. evaluateNodes(final XPathExpression xpathExpression, final Document pom)
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7. evaluateXPath(Element element, String xpathstring)
8. evaluateXpath(Element from, String xpath)
9. evaluateXPath(final String xPath, final Object item, final QName returnType)