--- a/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/XMLUtils.java	Wed Sep 09 16:36:46 2009 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/XMLUtils.java	Thu Sep 10 08:14:03 2009 +0000
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;
+
+
 /**
  *  @author Sascha L. Teichmann
  */
@@ -58,5 +64,18 @@
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    public static final XPath newXPath() {
+        return newXPath(null);
+    }
+
+    public static final XPath newXPath(NamespaceContext namespaceContext) {
+        XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
+        XPath        xpath   = factory.newXPath();
+        if (namespaceContext != null) {
+            xpath.setNamespaceContext(namespaceContext);
+        }
+        return xpath;
+    }
 }
 // vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8: