getting a single xml node

[LiveDuo]

Hi guys I'm newbie to android development and I need some help...

I want to make an app that will use data from an xml database and there are two points where I need help cause I find java with xml too complicate...

eg.

    <items>
    <1><name>box</name><price>2.00</price></1>
    <2><name>pencil</name><price>1.00</price></1>
    </items>

1)get a single xml value from a child node(eg.name of 1st item - "box")
2)get an xml database from child nodes (to use it as data source for a listbox) - this one is not nessesary

Thank you for your time guys...

[LiveDuo]

Hi guys its me again. I send a lot of hours on searching about an easy way to use xml...

The easier way I have found called DOM but I have 2 questions:

1) how to load files from an android project easily(refered with less command line and without using inputstream)
2) how to use xpath to easily navigate on android

Prefered to see some examples...
Thanks 4 all...