import java.util.List;
public class XPathEvaluator {
public List evaluateXpath(String xpathExpression, Object element, String nsURI) throws Exception{
AXIOMXPath xpath = new AXIOMXPath(xpathExpression);
if (nsURI!=null){
SimpleNamespaceContext nsContext = new SimpleNamespaceContext();
nsContext.addNamespace(null,nsURI);
xpath.setNamespaceContext(nsContext);
}
return xpath.selectNodes(element);
}