REF="../../../../javax/xml/xpath/XPathExpression.html#evaluate(java.lang.Object, javax.xml.namespace.QName)">evaluate</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../javax/xml/xpath/XPathExpression.html">XPathExpression</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>item</CODE> - The starting context (node or node list, for example).<DD><CODE>returnType</CODE> - The desired return type.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The <code>Object</code> that is the result of evaluating the
 expression and converting the result to
   <code>returnType<