XML node name matching with regular expressions

Hello,
If i have an xml file that has the following:
     <parameter>
          <name>M2-WIDTH</name>
          <value column="09" date="2004-10-31T19:56:30" row="03" waferID="PUK444150-20">10.4518</value>
     </parameter>
     <parameter>
          <name>M2-GAP</name>
          <value column="29" date="2004-10-31T19:56:30" row="06" waferID="PUK444150-03">2.864</value>
     </parameter>
     <parameter>
          <name>RES-LENGTH</name>
          <value column="29" date="2004-10-31T19:56:30" row="06" waferID="PUK444150-03">2.864</value>
     </parameter>
Is there anyway i can get a list of nodes that match a certain pattern say where name=M2* ?
I cant seem to find any information where i can match a regular expression. I see how you can do:
String expression=/parameter[@name='M2-LENG']/value/text()";
NodeList nodes = (NodeList) xPath.evaluate(expression, inputSource, XPathConstants.NODESET);
But i want to be able to say:
String expression=/parameter[@name='M2-*']/value/text()";
Is this possible? if so how can i do this?
Thanks!

As implemented in Java, XPath does not support regular expressions, but in most cases there are workarounds thanks to XPath functions. Correct me if I'm wrong, but setting your expression against the XML document (i.e. because there are no "name" attributes in the whole document) I think you mean to get the value of the <value> elements that have a <parameter> parent element and a <name> sibling element whose value starts with "M2-". If that is the case, you can use the following query expression:String expression = "//parameter/value[substring(../name,1,3)='M2-']";Sorry if I misunderstood the meaning of your expression, but I hope this will help you get the hang of using XPath functions as a substitute for regular expressions.

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