VTD-XML Tutorial - Java - ( I )

import com.ximpleware.*;

public class hello_world{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException,NavException{
        VTDGen vg = new VTDGen();
        if (vg.parseFile("d:/java_tutorial_by_code_examples/1/input.xml",true)){
            VTDNav vn = vg.getNav();
            //toElementNS is the namespace aware version of toElement which navigates the cursor
            if (vn.toElementNS(VTDNav.FIRST_CHILD, "someURL", "b")){
                int i= vn.getText(); // get the VTD record index
                if (i!=-1){
                    // convert i into string before printing,
                    // toNormalizedString(i) and toRawString(i) are two other options
                    System.out.println("the text node value at "+i+" ==> "+vn.toString(i));
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

<ns1:a xmlns:ns1="someURL">
	<ns1:b> hello world! </ns1:b>
</ns1:a>