Java XPath Evaluate executeXPath(Document dom, String xpath, QName returnType)

Description

execute X Path

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Object executeXPath(Document dom, String xpath, QName returnType)
            throws XPathExpressionException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    public static NodeList executeXPath(Document dom, String xpath) throws XPathExpressionException {
        return (NodeList) executeXPath(dom, xpath, XPathConstants.NODESET);
    }

    public static Object executeXPath(Document dom, String xpath, QName returnType)
            throws XPathExpressionException {
        XPathExpression expr = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath().compile(xpath);
        return expr.evaluate(dom, returnType);
    }
}

Related

1. evalXPath(String expression, Object item, Class type)
2. evalXPath(String path, Document doc)
3. evalXpath(String xpath, Object item)
4. evalXPathAsString(Object item, String xpath, XPathFactory factory)
5. evalXPathAsStringList(Object item, String xpath, XPathFactory factory, boolean includeDuplicates)
6. executeXPathExpression(Document document, String expression)
7. execXPath(org.w3c.dom.Node node, String pattern, QName xPathConstantsType)
8. findNodeAndGetXPath(String qName, String fileName)
9. getNodesListXpath(final String xPathS, final Node node, final String nsuri, final String pre, final QName returnType)