*  @param expression A valid XPath string.
     *  @return A XPathNodes, should never be null.
     *
     * @throws XPathExpressionException
     */
    public XPathNodes selectNodeList(final Node contextNode, final String expression) throws XPathExpressionException {
        return xPath.evaluateExpression(expression, contextNode, XPathNodes.class);
    }

    /**

            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 parser;
    }

    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");

        StringBuilder buf = null;
        XPathNodes list = null;
        try {
            list = getXPathAPI().selectNodeList(document, xpath);
            for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
                if (buf == null) {
                    buf = new StringBuilder(1000);
                }