Java XPath Get getStringValue(Node node, XPathExpression expression)

Description

Evaluates the XPath expression in the specified context and returns the found element as a String.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
node	the XML document to evaluate
expression	the compiled XPath expression

Return

the element if it was found, or null

Declaration

public static String getStringValue(Node node, XPathExpression expression) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Node;

import javax.xml.xpath.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Evaluates the XPath expression in the specified context and returns the found element as a String.
     *
     * @param node       the XML document to evaluate
     * @param expression the compiled XPath expression
     * @return the element if it was found, or null
     */
    public static String getStringValue(Node node, XPathExpression expression) {
        try {
            return (String) expression.evaluate(node, XPathConstants.STRING);
        } catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Evaluates the XPath expression in the specified context and returns whether such element was found.
     *
     * @param node       the XML document to evaluate
     * @param expression the compiled XPath expression
     * @return <code>true</code> if the given expression evaluates to an existing element in the given node,
     * <code>false</code> otherwise
     */
    public static boolean evaluate(Node node, XPathExpression expression) {
        try {
            Boolean result = (Boolean) expression.evaluate(node, XPathConstants.BOOLEAN);
            return result != null && result;
        } catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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7. getStringValue(String targetDoc, String xpathExp, String encoding)
8. getStringValueByXPath(Node node, String xPath)
9. getText(String xPathExpression, Node node)