import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
public class MainClass {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
Document retval = dbf.newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
Element parent = retval.createElement("parent");
retval.appendChild(parent);
Element child1 = retval.createElement("child");
child1.setTextContent("child.text");
parent.appendChild(child1);
Element child2 = retval.createElement("child");
child2.setTextContent("child.text.2");
parent.appendChild(child2);
XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
XPath xPath = factory.newXPath();
System.out.println(xPath.evaluate("//child/text()", retval, XPathConstants.NODE).getClass());
}
}