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There are multiple ways to do it.<br />
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XPath is the key here.<br />
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Are you using any XML library or are you constrained to using javax.xml API?
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There are multiple ways to do it.

XPath is the key here.

Are you using any XML library or are you constrained to using javax.xml API?

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@gurpsbassi<br />
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we can not use xpath here since it is not specific. it can be any where. I am using DOM parser to retrieve .
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@gurpsbassi

we can not use xpath here since it is not specific. it can be any where. I am using DOM parser to retrieve .

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below one is my code and it is returning 0 elements . any help where I am making mistake? I am using the xml file .<br />
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XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance()<wbr />.newXPath(<wbr />);<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; InputSource docu = new InputSource(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(new File(file))));<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; String xpression = &quot;//a&quot;;<br />
&nbsp;NodeList nodes = (NodeList) xPath.compile(xpression).e<wbr />valuate(do<wbr />cu,XPathCo<wbr />nstants.NO<wbr />DESET);
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below one is my code and it is returning 0 elements . any help where I am making mistake? I am using the xml file .

XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
        InputSource docu = new InputSource(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(new File(file))));
        String xpression = "//a";
 NodeList nodes = (NodeList) xPath.compile(xpression).evaluate(docu,XPathConstants.NODESET);

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The expression given to you works fine with that (after correcting your xml)
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http://technojeeves.com/index.php/aliasjava1/26-xpath-tester [http://technojeeves.com/index.php/aliasjava1/26-xpath-tester]

The expression given to you works fine with that (after correcting your xml)

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I have multiple tags &lt;a&gt;value&lt;/a&gt;. in different nodes. like<br />
&lt;root&gt;<br />
&lt;x&gt;<br />
&nbsp;&lt;a&gt;value&lt;/a&gt;<br />
&lt;/x&gt;<br />
&lt;y&gt;<br />
&nbsp;&lt;a&gt;value&lt;/a&gt;<br />
&lt;/x&gt;<br />
&lt;x&gt;<br />
&lt;xcv&gt;<br />
&nbsp;&lt;a&gt;value&lt;/a&gt;<br />
&lt;/xcv&gt;<br />
&lt;/y&gt;<br />
&lt;z&gt;<br />
&nbsp;&lt;a&gt;value&lt;/a&gt;<br />
&lt;/z&gt;<br />
&lt;/root&gt;<br />
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i want to retrieve all 'a' values. &nbsp;<br />
<br />
appreciate any help
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I have multiple tags <a>value</a>. in different nodes. like
<root>
<x>
 <a>value</a>
</x>
<y>
 <a>value</a>
</x>
<x>
<xcv>
 <a>value</a>
</xcv>
</y>
<z>
 <a>value</a>
</z>
</root>

i want to retrieve all 'a' values.  

appreciate any help

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