Read xml using xpath in java

Hi ALL,
I have a xml as follows:
<AAA>
<BBB>
<CCC>xyz</CCC>
<DDD>abc</DDD>
</BBB>
</AAA>
Now using any of the java class, i just need read the value of "CCC" as follows:
(i.e using xpath i need to read the value)
String val = x.somemethod("/AAA/BBB/CCC");
Thanks!

In case you're curious - here's the dom4j equivalent of dvohra09's sample code.
SAXReader saxReader = new SAXReader("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");
Document doc = saxReader.read(source); //Where source is your file, input source, input stream, reader, or url
String value = doc.valueOf("//AAA/BBB/CCC"); //Result given the xml from OP = 'xyz'OK - not much difference with this simple example but if you haven't settled on an API, dom4j is worth looking at (IMHO).
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