Hi kris, Thanks a lot...This code works for me... Thanks once again for solving all my problem. Prashanth
Kris Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The JDOM XPath class has a method called setVariable, and variables in XPath expressions start with the $ character. I've never played with the JDOM XPath stuff, but I assume it's something like: XPath xp = XPath.newInstance("/*/*/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"); xp.setVariable("map", "europe"); Prashanth.S wrote: > Hi all, > Iam using jdom for xml parsing....so to search a particular element in a xml iam > using XPATH and iam trying to construct XPATH expression dynamically....is it > possible to use variables inside XPATH expression....like > String map="europe"; > XPath servletPath = XPath.newInstance("/*/*/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"); > Iam eagerly waiting for reply... > Thanks > Prashanth -- Kris Schneider D.O.Tech --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it!