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= XPath
:page-aliases: extensions/xpath.adoc
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:cq-artifact-id: camel-quarkus-xpath
:cq-native-supported: true
:cq-status: Stable
:cq-status-deprecation: Stable
:cq-description: Evaluate an XPath expression against an XML payload.
:cq-deprecated: false
:cq-jvm-since: 1.0.0
:cq-native-since: 1.0.0

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Evaluate an XPath expression against an XML payload.

== What's inside

* xref:{cq-camel-components}:languages:xpath-language.adoc[XPath language]

Please refer to the above link for usage and configuration details.

== Maven coordinates

https://code.quarkus.io/?extension-search=camel-quarkus-xpath[Create a new project with this extension on code.quarkus.io, window="_blank"]

Or add the coordinates to your existing project:

[source,xml]
----
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-quarkus-xpath</artifactId>
</dependency>
----

Check the xref:user-guide/index.adoc[User guide] for more information about writing Camel Quarkus applications.

== Additional Camel Quarkus configuration

This component is able to load xpath expressions from classpath resources.
To make it work also in native mode, you need to explicitly embed the expression files in the native executable
by using the `quarkus.native.resources.includes` property.

For instance, the route below would load an XPath expression from a classpath resource named `myxpath.txt`:

[source,java]
----
from("direct:start").transform().xpath("resource:classpath:myxpath.txt");
----

To include this (an possibly other expressions stored in `.txt` files) in the native image, you would have to add something like the following to your `application.properties` file:

[source,properties]
----
quarkus.native.resources.includes = *.txt
----

More information about selecting resources for inclusion in the native executable can be found at xref:user-guide/native-mode.adoc#embedding-resource-in-native-executable[Embedding resource in native executable].

