Task: XML_XPath
Go: package main

import (
	"encoding/xml"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
)

type Inventory struct {
	XMLName  xml.Name `xml:"inventory"`
	Title    string   `xml:"title,attr"`
	Sections []struct {
		XMLName xml.Name `xml:"section"`
		Name    string   `xml:"name,attr"`
		Items   []struct {
			XMLName     xml.Name `xml:"item"`
			Name        string   `xml:"name"`
			UPC         string   `xml:"upc,attr"`
			Stock       int      `xml:"stock,attr"`
			Price       float64  `xml:"price"`
			Description string   `xml:"description"`
		} `xml:"item"`
	} `xml:"section"`
}


func printXML(s string, v interface{}) {
	fmt.Println(s)
	b, err := xml.MarshalIndent(v, "", "\t")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(b))
	fmt.Println()
}

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Reading XML from standard input...")

	var inv Inventory
	dec := xml.NewDecoder(os.Stdin)
	if err := dec.Decode(&inv); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	
	
	
	

	
	

	
	item := inv.Sections[0].Items[0]
	fmt.Println("item variable:", item)
	printXML("As XML:", item)

	
	fmt.Println("Prices:")
	var totalValue float64
	for _, s := range inv.Sections {
		for _, i := range s.Items {
			fmt.Println(i.Price)
			totalValue += i.Price * float64(i.Stock)
		}
	}
	fmt.Println("Total inventory value:", totalValue)
	fmt.Println()

	
	var names []string
	for _, s := range inv.Sections {
		for _, i := range s.Items {
			names = append(names, i.Name)
		}
	}
	fmt.Printf("names: %q\n", names)
}

Java: import java.io.StringReader;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;

public class XMLParser {
	final static String xmlStr = 
			  "<inventory title=\"OmniCorp Store #45x10^3\">"
			+ "  <section name=\"health\">"
			+ "    <item upc=\"123456789\" stock=\"12\">"
			+ "      <name>Invisibility Cream</name>"
			+ "      <price>14.50</price>"
			+ "      <description>Makes you invisible</description>"
			+ "    </item>"
			+ "    <item upc=\"445322344\" stock=\"18\">"
			+ "      <name>Levitation Salve</name>"
			+ "      <price>23.99</price>"
			+ "      <description>Levitate yourself for up to 3 hours per application</description>"
			+ "    </item>"
			+ "  </section>"
			+ "  <section name=\"food\">"
			+ "    <item upc=\"485672034\" stock=\"653\">"
			+ "      <name>Blork and Freen Instameal</name>"
			+ "      <price>4.95</price>"
			+ "      <description>A tasty meal in a tablet; just add water</description>"
			+ "    </item>"
			+ "    <item upc=\"132957764\" stock=\"44\">"
			+ "      <name>Grob winglets</name>"
			+ "      <price>3.56</price>"
			+ "      <description>Tender winglets of Grob. Just add priwater</description>"
			+ "    </item>"
			+ "  </section>" 
			+ "</inventory>";

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		try {
			Document doc = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance()
					.newDocumentBuilder()
					.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(xmlStr)));
			XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
			
			System.out.println(((Node) xpath.evaluate(
					"/inventory/section/item[1]", doc, XPathConstants.NODE))
					.getAttributes().getNamedItem("upc"));
			
			NodeList nodes = (NodeList) xpath.evaluate(
					"/inventory/section/item/price", doc,
					XPathConstants.NODESET);
			for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++)
				System.out.println(nodes.item(i).getTextContent());
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Error ocurred while parsing XML.");
		}
	}
}