XML and XPath

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Couple of quick questions regarding Java and XML

Is it possible to parse XML from a string instead of from a file?

Using javascript I could explicitly call a node using
xmlNode.selectSingleNode("/node1/node[@attribute='whatever']");
Are there such functions available with Jave?

Cheers

Xav

[FISH]

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Couple of quick questions regarding Java and XML

Is it possible to parse XML from a string instead of from a file?
I believe InputStream is one of the accepted data sources. Check out the
java.io Javadocs for options on how to wire strings up as input streams.

Using javascript I could explicitly call a node using
xmlNode.selectSingleNode("/node1/node[@attribute='whatever']");
Are there such functions available with Jave?

Jaxen appears to be a popular XPath engine for Java (http://jaxen.org/),
but I've not used it, so cannot comment on its quality or suitability.
-FISH- ><>

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"FISH" <jo*****@merseymail.com> wrote in message

Jaxen appears to be a popular XPath engine for Java (http://jaxen.org/),
but I've not used it, so cannot comment on its quality or suitability.

Thanks for that, good stuff.

Jaxen seems really good but I have only used it with simple stuff so far.
I was surprised that these transformations aren't covered in the javax.xml
or org.xml libraries though.

Cheers

Xav