How do I Query XML in Java

Question

In .net I would use LINQ to XML to query an xml document with linq. Is there anything similar in Java EE?

I have a large xml file with state,city,town names that i need to use for cascading dropdowns. So I am looking for the best way to retrieve this data.

Thanks

Wait for Java 8: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#Java_SE_8 — Simon, Dec 20 '12 at 14:54

Aviram Segal · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-20T14:58:06.730

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You can use XPath to select the relevant data using javax.xml.xpath

It is a more standard way and you'll be able to use the same XPath expression in many programming languages (unlike LINQ)

You can see a nice example for XPath here as well.

edited Dec 20 '12 at 14:58

answered Dec 20 '12 at 14:52

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To complement this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2811001/how-to-read-xml-using-xpath-in-java – Diego Pino Dec 20 '12 at 14:59

How do I Query XML in Java

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