XPath and Name Spaces, don't you hate them too??

How about running a XPath expression from Java?
Pretty straight forward right, oh wait NAMESPACE!!!!

Here's a example on how to create your xpaht parser and the more complex Name Space Context.
Let's start with the NameSpaceContextImpl

Now the actual Xpath parser imple: Hope it helps guy!!!

The famous Jar Hell issue

So I reckon I'm not the first one to have this problem. I'm certainly not the one who will tell you how to solve it BUT!!!!

Here is a really small example about using the JHades tool 

Why am I posting this?
Because the example in the home page is a little bit outdated and if you search JHades for the maven dependency the first 4 links you hit get it wrong.


Maven Dependency


Java Code

You should place this in some place that you are sure it'll get run during building.
If you have issues during tests. Just create a test where the test method has this code.

Hope this helps!