How to find all XML elements by tag name in Groovy?

Question

How I can find all elements in XML by their tag name in Groovy (GPath)?

I need to find all car elements in this document:

Answer 1

Use an XMLSlurper

def records = new XmlSlurper().parseText(file)
reco​rds.depthFirst()​.findAll { !it.childNodes() && it.car} ​

/*Otherwise this returns the values for parent nodes as well*/