Java Utililty Methods XPath Select

List of utility methods to do XPath Select

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Description

The list of methods to do XPath Select are organized into topic(s).

Method

NodeListselectNodes(String express, Object source)
select Nodes 
NodeList result = null;
XPathFactory xpathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
XPath xpath = xpathFactory.newXPath();
try {
    result = (NodeList) xpath.evaluate(express, source, XPathConstants.NODESET);
} catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return result;
NodeListselectNodes(String xPath, Node target)
select Nodes 
XPath xpathForUri = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
NodeList nodes = null;
try {
    XPathExpression expr = xpathForUri.compile(xPath);
    nodes = (NodeList) expr.evaluate(target, XPathConstants.NODESET);
} catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
return nodes;
NodeListselectNodes(String xpath, Object node)
Select all children node of a xpath 
try {
    return (NodeList) getXPath(xpath).evaluate(node, XPathConstants.NODESET);
} catch (Exception e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
Node[]selectNodes(String xpath, Object node)
select Nodes 
return streamNodes(xpath, node).toArray(Node[]::new);
ListselectNodesViaXPath(XPath xPath, Node startingNode, String xPathExpression)
select Nodes Via X Path 
List<Node> data = new ArrayList<Node>();
XPathExpression expression = xPath.compile(xPathExpression);
Object result = expression.evaluate(startingNode, XPathConstants.NODESET);
NodeList nodeList = (NodeList) result;
for (int index = 0; index < nodeList.getLength(); index++) {
    data.add(nodeList.item(index));
return data;
...
StringselectNodeText(Node node, String expression)
select Node Text 
XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
XPath path = factory.newXPath();
Object result = path.evaluate(expression, node, XPathConstants.NODE);
return getNodeText((Node) result);
ElementselectSingleElement(Element element, String xpathExpression)
select Single Element 
if (xpathExpression.indexOf("/") == -1) {
    NodeList nodeList = element.getChildNodes();
    for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
        Node node = nodeList.item(i);
        if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.getNodeName().equals(xpathExpression)) {
            return (Element) node;
    return null;
} else {
    XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
    Element node = (Element) xpath.evaluate(xpathExpression, element, XPathConstants.NODE);
    return node;
NodeselectSingleNode(final Node node, final String xPath)
select Single Node 
return (Node) _xpf.newXPath().evaluate(xPath, node, XPathConstants.NODE);
NodeselectSingleNode(final Node sourceNode, final String xPathExpression)
select Single Node 
Node result;
XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); 
XPath xPathParser = factory.newXPath();
try {
    result = (Node) xPathParser.evaluate(xPathExpression, sourceNode, XPathConstants.NODE);
} catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
    result = null;
return result;
NodeselectSingleNode(Node node, String xpath, NamespaceContext context)
Evaluates an XPath expression given a namespace context, and returns the result as a Node . 
try {
    xpathObj.setNamespaceContext(context);
    Node result = (Node) xpathObj.evaluate(xpath, node, XPathConstants.NODE);
    xpathObj.reset();
    return result;
} catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
    return null;