parser.parse(inputSource);
            final Document document = parser.getDocument();

            final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(255);
            final XPathNodes nodeList = getXPathAPI().selectNodeList(document, targetNodePath);
            for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.size(); i++) {
                final Node node = nodeList.get(i);
                buf.append(node.getTextContent()).append(' ');
            }

     * @return the base href URL, or null if not found
     */
    protected String getBaseHref(final Document document) {
        try {
            final XPathNodes list = getXPathAPI().selectNodeList(document, "//BASE");
            if (list.size() > 0) {
                final Node node = list.get(0);
                final Node attrNode = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("href");