SQL
// make SQL query
QueryManager queryManager = workspace.getQueryManager();
// create query
String sqlStatement = "SELECT * FROM nt:folder WHERE jcr:path LIKE '/folder1/folder2/%'";
Query query = queryManager.createQuery(sqlStatement, Query.SQL);
// execute query and fetch result
QueryResult result = query.execute();
XPath
// make XPath query
QueryManager queryManager = workspace.getQueryManager();
// create query
String xpathStatement = "/jcr:root/folder1[1]/folder2[1]//element(*,nt:folder)";
Query query = queryManager.createQuery(xpathStatement, Query.XPATH);
// execute query and fetch result
QueryResult result = query.execute();