Question

do you know any not strict xpath for java? (I want it to not check dtd and schema) and it would be cool if it dont care about correct xml.

Answer 1

You don’t need to schema valid XML to use XPath. For non-well-formed XML, then I think you have two options:

• generate a valid DOM tree from the file. Suggest sucking the file through JTidy or TagSoup. Once you have that, you can use XPath as normal.
• generate some other tree shaped model, then use a customized Navigator for Jaxen’s XPath. (Jaxen lets you use XPath on any model you want).