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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hello,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am using Xpath available in jdom. The xml file is of 9MB size. It is taking a lot of time to query a simple xpath like:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/Root/Parent/Child[name="abc"]/GrandChild</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am trying to get the value of the "GrandChild" element in the following way:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">((Element)org.jdom.xpath.XPath.selectSingleNode(xml_Document, xpath_expression)).getValue();</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There are many "Child" elements in my huge xml file of 9MB size. Please let me know to optimize the xpath expression or any other workarounds.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks in advance.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Chandra</FONT>
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