<resource name="cde.xml" status="updated" isCollection="false"> <mediaType>xml</mediaType> <creator>admin</creator> <createdTime>1352783477964</createdTime> <lastUpdater>admin</lastUpdater> <lastModified>1352783477964</lastModified> <description /> <version>0</version> <content>ZGFza2QgbGQgbGt2Zmx3ZGFzamQgYWRsa2ogYWxramRrbGEgamQK </content> </resource> i want to catch nodes which are having status using xpath here is the xpath expression other part of the code is correct. I have problem with xpath expression AXIOMXPath xpathExpression = new AXIOMXPath ( "//resourse[@name]");