topic How to get NodeRef from XPath in Java? in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-get-noderef-from-xpath-in-java/m-p/4096#M1728 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I have the following XPath as String which was previously converted as:</P><P>String xpath= this.nodeService.getPath(nodeRef).toPrefixString(namespaceService);</P><P><SPAN>xpath is = &gt;</SPAN>&nbsp;/app:company_home/st:sites/cm:test-site/cm:documentLibrary/cm:test.pdf</P><P></P><P>How I can convert the above Xpath to NodeRef?</P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:57:38 GMT mbel 2017-01-24T12:57:38Z How to get NodeRef from XPath in Java? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-get-noderef-from-xpath-in-java/m-p/4096#M1728 Hello,I have the following XPath as String which was previously converted as<IMG id="smileyfrustrated" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyfrustrated" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-frustrated.png" alt="Smiley Frustrated" title="Smiley Frustrated" />tring xpath= this.nodeService.getPath(nodeRef).toPrefixString(namespaceService);xpath is = &gt;&nbsp;/app:company_home/st:sites/cm:test-site/cm:documentLibrary/cm:test.pdfHow I can convert the above Xpath to NodeRef?Thank you i Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:57:38 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-get-noderef-from-xpath-in-java/m-p/4096#M1728 mbel 2017-01-24T12:57:38Z Re: How to get NodeRef from XPath in Java? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-get-noderef-from-xpath-in-java/m-p/4097#M1729 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Afaik there is no method that does this kind of 'conversion' -&gt; My best guess is to use the xpath in a searchService query similar to what was posted here: <A href="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/thread/170903">SearchService.selectNodes(...) example</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:07:09 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/how-to-get-noderef-from-xpath-in-java/m-p/4097#M1729 mrks_js1 2017-01-24T13:07:09Z