Excellent post.

The solution worked perfectly though I needed to change the dot(.) to 
self::node() OR self::NODENAMETOGETVALUEFROM depending on where the dot 
was. I know my detail was sketchy, but the original file would have been 
much more than I thought the post needed. 

Thank you very much, I likely would not have adjusted my thought to that 
approach without your post. (None of my JAVA/XML peers were optimistic)