scala import scala.xml._ scala val xml = <root> <person> <age>25</age> </person> </root> scala val root = xml.head scala val person = root.child.head scala val name = person.attribute("name").get.toString scala val age = (person \ "age").text scala val result = xml \\ "person" filter (p => (p \ "age").text.toInt > 20) \ "name" scala XML.save("output.xml", xml, "UTF-8", true)