Java Utililty Methods XPath Evaluate

List of utility methods to do XPath Evaluate

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Description

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

Method

ByteasByte(String expression, Node node)
Evaluates the specified XPath expression and returns the result as a Byte. 
String byteString = evaluateAsString(expression, node);
return (isEmptyString(byteString)) ? null : Byte.valueOf(byteString);
ByteasByte(String expression, Node node)
Evaluates the specified XPath expression and returns the result as a Byte. 
String byteString = evaluateAsString(expression, node);
return (isEmptyString(byteString)) ? null : Byte.valueOf(byteString);
StringconvertToXpath(String qname)
convert To Xpath 
QName name = QName.valueOf(qname);
if ("".equals(name.getNamespaceURI())) {
    return "//" + name.getLocalPart();
} else {
    return "//*[local-name()='" + name.getLocalPart() + "' and namespace-uri()='" + name.getNamespaceURI()
            + "']";
Nodeevaluate(Document doc)
evaluate 
return (Node) expression.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODE);
Stringevaluate(File xmlFile, String xPathExpression)
evaluate 
String result = null;
try {
    XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
    XPath xPath = factory.newXPath();
    result = xPath.evaluate(xPathExpression, new InputSource(new FileInputStream(xmlFile)));
} catch (Exception ex) {
    System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
return result;
booleanevaluate(Node node, XPathExpression expression)
Evaluates the XPath expression in the specified context and returns whether such element was found. 
try {
    Boolean result = (Boolean) expression.evaluate(node, XPathConstants.BOOLEAN);
    return result != null && result;
} catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
    return false;
Tevaluate(Object obj, String xpathExpression, QName qName)
evaluate 
try {
    return (T) xpath.compile(xpathExpression).evaluate(obj, qName);
} catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
Stringevaluate(String path, Node node)
evaluate 
path = path.trim();
try {
    XPath xp = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
    XPathExpression expr = xp.compile(path);
    String ret = expr.evaluate(node);
    return ret;
} catch (Exception ex) {
    throw new RuntimeException(ex);
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Stringevaluate(XPath xpath, String base, String path, Document document)
evaluate 
try {
    return xpath.evaluate(base + "/" + path, document).trim();
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
StringevaluateAsString(String expression, Node node)
Evaluates the specified expression on the specified node and returns the result as a String. 
if (isEmpty(node))
    return null;
if (!expression.equals(".")) {
    if (asNode(expression, node) == null)
        return null;
String s = xpath().evaluate(expression, node);
return s.trim();
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