Question

lets say i have an xml file “path.xml” that goes like this:

<paths>
   <path id="first">
      <url>http://blablabla</url>
   </path>
   <path id="second">
      <url>http://blablabla</url>
   </path>
</paths>

i have a jsp file from which i want to read url based on the id.
for example:
i want to write in the jsp file some java code like:String path = get from xml file the “url”, where path id = “second”.

how is this done in jsp? i am not very experienced with Dom parsing in jsp

thanks a lot:)

Answer 1

You could use XML Tag Library
:

<x:parse doc="path.xml" var="doc" scope="application"/>
<x:out select="$doc/paths/path[id='second']/url"/>