Java Xml Read With Dom4j

import java.io.File;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import org.dom4j.*;
import org.dom4j.io.SAXReader;

/**
 *
 * @author Cy.Co.Labs
 */
public class AppSettings {

    private String appname;

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////
    private static AppSettings appsettings;

    private AppSettings() {
    }

    public static AppSettings getAppSettings() {
        System.gc();
        if (appsettings == null) {
            appsettings = new AppSettings();
        }
        return appsettings;
    }
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////

    public setLoadAppSettings() {
        b = false;
        try {
            SAXReader reader = new SAXReader();
            Document document = reader.read(new File(Util.getUtil().getUserDirectory() + "\\appsettings.xml"));
            AppSettings.getAppSettings().setAppname(document.selectSingleNode("//settings/appname").getText());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return b;
    }

    /**
     * @return the appname
     */
    public String getAppname() {
        return appname;
    }

    /**
     * @param appname the appname to set
     */
    private void setAppname(String appname) {
        this.appname = appname;
    }
}

appsettings.xml
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<settings>
<appname>Java Application</appname>
</settings>