Java XPath Expression createXPathExpression(String xpath)

Description

Create an XPathExpression from the supplied xpath string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
xpath	The xpath string.

Return

An XPathExpression.

Declaration

public static XPathExpression createXPathExpression(String xpath) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from ww  w  . jav  a 2 s. c  om
 * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2014  Eric Van Dewoestine
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 */

import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;

public class Main {
    private static XPath XPATH;

    /**
     * Create an XPathExpression from the supplied xpath string.
     *
     * @param xpath The xpath string.
     * @return An XPathExpression.
     */
    public static XPathExpression createXPathExpression(String xpath) throws Exception {
        if (XPATH == null) {
            XPATH = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
        }
        return XPATH.compile(xpath);
    }
}

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3. createXPath(NamespaceContext namespaceContext, XPathFunctionResolver functionResolver)
4. createXPathExpression(NamespaceContext context, String xPathQuery)
5. createXPathExpression(String expression, NamespaceContext namespaceContext)
6. createXPathExpression(String xpathString)
7. deleteXMLElement(String xml, String xpath)
8. dumpXpath(Node node, PrintStream printer)
9. executePath(final Node node, final XPathExpression expression)