Java XPath Select xpathString(String expr, Document doc)

Description

xpath String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String xpathString(String expr, Document doc) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

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import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

public class Main {
    private static XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();

    public static String xpathString(String expr, Document doc) throws Exception {
        return (String) xpath.evaluate(expr, doc, XPathConstants.STRING);
    }
}

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1. xmlSelectNodes(Node node, String xpathExpression)
2. XPathAPI_selectNodeList(Document doc, String xpath, Node namespaceNode)
3. xpathNode(String expr, Document doc)
4. xpathNodeList(String expr, Document doc)
5. xpathOrNull(Document doc, String xp)
6. xpathToNode(Document document, String xpathExpression)