Java Utililty Methods XPath Get

List of utility methods to do XPath Get

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Description

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

Method

ElementgetElementByXpath(Element sourceRoot, String xpathExpress)
get Element By Xpath 
XPath xPath = XPATH_FACTORY.newXPath();
NodeList nodes = (NodeList) xPath.evaluate(xpathExpress, sourceRoot, XPathConstants.NODESET);
if (nodes.getLength() > 0)
    return (Element) nodes.item(0);
return null;
ListgetElementsByXPath(Element parent, String name)
get Elements By X Path 
List<Element> result = new ArrayList<>();
for (Node node : getNodesByXPath(parent, name)) {
    if (node instanceof Element) {
        result.add((Element) node);
return result;
StringgetElementXPath(Node elt)
Resolves the xpath of an element. 
String path = "";
Node currentNode = elt;
while (!(currentNode instanceof Document)) {
    Element parent = (Element) currentNode;
    if (!parent.getTagName().equals("schema")) {
        if (!parentNodeHasMoreOfThese((Element) currentNode)) {
            path = '/' + parent.getTagName() + path;
        } else {
...
StringgetExcelPath()
get Excel Path 
HashMap<String, String> configs = getConfigurations();
String path = configs.get("excel-path");
return path;
XPathFactorygetFactory()
get Factory 
if (factory == null) {
    factory = createFactory();
return factory;
StringgetFastXPath(Node node)
Returns a valid FastXPath that would match the given Node in its Document. 
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
Element ele;
switch (node.getNodeType()) {
case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
    ele = (Element) node;
    break;
case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
    buf.append("/@");
...
NodegetFirstByXPath(Object obj, String xpathExpression)
Get the first node from the specified object using the specified XPath expression. 
return evaluate(obj, xpathExpression, XPathConstants.NODE);
StringgetFullXPath(Node n)
get Full X Path 
if (null == n)
    return null;
Node parent = null;
Stack<Node> hierarchy = new Stack<Node>();
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
hierarchy.push(n);
switch (n.getNodeType()) {
case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
...
XPathgetHtmlXPath()
get Html X Path 
XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
XPath htmlPath = factory.newXPath();
htmlPath.setNamespaceContext(new NamespaceContext() {
    public String getNamespaceURI(String prefix) {
        return "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
    public String getPrefix(String namespaceURI) {
        return "h";
...
intgetInt(Object node, XPathExpression expression)
get Int 
return ((Double) expression.evaluate(node, XPathConstants.NUMBER)).intValue();