Java XPath Select selectString(String xpath, Object node)

Description

select String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String selectString(String xpath, Object node) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;

public class Main {
    public static String selectString(String xpath, Object node) {
        return ((String) evaluateXPath(xpath, node, XPathConstants.STRING)).trim();
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    public static Object evaluateXPath(String xpath, Object item, QName returnType) {
        try {
            return XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath().compile(xpath).evaluate(item, returnType);
        } catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
        }
    }
}

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