Node userNode = userNodes.item(i); boolean userEnabled = Util.convertToBoolean( xmlXPath.getUserEnabledExpression().evaluate(userNode), true); String userPassword = null; String groupName = xmlXPath.getGroupNameExpression().evaluate(groupNode); boolean groupEnabled = Util.convertToBoolean( xmlXPath.getGroupEnabledExpression().evaluate(groupNode), true); GeoServerUserGroup group = createGroupObject(groupName, groupEnabled);