xpath To Content - Java XML

Java examples for XML:XPath

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xpath To Content

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    public static String xpathToContent(String xpathQuery, Object domObject)
            throws XPathExpressionException {
        Node node = xpathToNode(xpathQuery, domObject);

        if (node != null)
            return node.getTextContent();

        return null;
    }

    public static Node xpathToNode(String xpathQuery, Object domObject)
            throws XPathExpressionException {
        XPathFactory xpathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
        XPath xpath = xpathFactory.newXPath();

        return (Node) xpath.evaluate(xpathQuery, domObject,
                XPathConstants.NODE);
    }
}

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