scala
val xml = <book>
<title>Scala in Action</title>
<author>Martin Odersky</author>
</book>
scala
val xml = <library>
<book>
<title>Scala in Action</title>
<author>Martin Odersky</author>
</book>
<book>
<title>Functional Programming in Scala</title>
<author>Paul Chiusano</author>
</book>
</library>
val bookTitles = (xml \\ "title").map(_.text)