xpath

recommened xml, xpath tools for J2ME

We are start working with J2ME application where we need the XML parsers based SAX, DOM and Xpath navigation support. I found kXML recommended by many developers. What are other free/open source libraries available you found useful and using in your application? ...

Access value through parent attribute

I am looking to get the value A-1 through xpath based on a passed attribue. I have passed the index attribute of the unit through php from a previous page and am accessing it by global GET: $value = intval($_GET['index']); the xml: <UNIT index='1'> <ID>A-1</ID> <MANUFACTURER>testing inc.</MANUFACTURER> </UNIT> <UNIT inde...

XPath and PHP troubleshooting

I get this error: Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in Applies to: echo $result->Data; And this output: Array () Background Informations A function returns a string which contains an XML file. I want to get some data from two tags and deal with them on their own. String Data $data=" <SyncML xmlns='SYNCML:SYNCML1.0'...

Using XPath on String in Android (JAVA)

I am looking for some examples of using xpath in Android? Or if anyone can share their experiences. I have been struggeling to make tail or head of this problem :-( I have a string that contains a standard xml file. I believe I need to convert that into an xml document. I have found this code which I think will do the trick: public...

XPath _relative_ to given element in HTMLUnit/Groovy?

Dear All: I would like to evaluate an XPath expression relative to a given element. I have been reading here: http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp And it seems like one of the syntaxes below should work (esp no leading slash or descendant:) However, none seem to work in HTMLUnit. Any help much appreciated (oh this is a groovy s...

Problem with evaluating XPath expression in Java

Can somebody help me find the mistake I am doing in evaluating following XPath expression? I want to get all "DataTable" nodes under the node "Model" in my xml through XPath. Here is my XML doc: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Root> <Application> <Model> <DataSet name="ds" primaryTable="Members" openRows="1"> ...

libxml2 on iPhone

I'm trying to parse HTML file with libxml2. Usually this works fine, but not in this case: <p> <b>Titles</b> (Some Text) <table> <tr> <td valign="top"> …Something1... </td> <td align="right" valign="top"> …Something2... </td> </tr...

XPATH query, HtmlAgilityPack and Extracting Text

I had been trying to extract links from a class called "tim_new" . I have been given a solution as well. Both the solution, snippet and necessary information is given here The said XPATH query was "//a[@class='tim_new'], my question is, how did this query differentiate between the first line of the snippet (given in the link above and ...

Need Help About Using XPathNavigator in C#?

Hello. My XML file as below. It mixed schema and normal elements. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- R1 --> <ax:root xmlns:ax="http://amecn/software/realtime/ax"&gt; <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt; <xsd:element name="EquipmentConstants"> <xsd:complexType> <xsd:sequence> ...

can i increment date using xpath ?

Hi, i need to increment current date by 7 days and i'm wondering if it's possible to do that using a xpath function. thanks !! ...

XSLT - Comparing preceding-sibling's elements with current's node element

Hello, I have this XML file: <recursos> <recurso url="http://w3c.com"&gt; <descripcion>Consorcio W3C</descripcion> <tipo>externo</tipo> <idioma>ingles</idioma> <contenido>General</contenido> <unidad>Unidad 2</unidad> </recurso> <recurso url="http://html.com"&gt; <descripcion>...

xslt & xpath: match directly preceding comments

I am attempting to apply an XSLT transformation to a batch of XML documents. The main point of the transform is to re-order several elements. I wish to preserve any comments that directly precede an element: <!-- not this comment --> <element /> <!-- this comment --> <!-- and this one --> <element /> The closest I've come to a solut...

getting service from wsdd via xpath not wroking (xmltask)

Hi, I am trying to get the XPath "/deployment/service". Tested on this site: http://www.xmlme.com/XpathTool.aspx <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <deployment xmlns="http://xml.apache.org/axis/wsdd/" xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org /axis/wsdd/providers/java"> <service name="kontowebservice" provider="java:RPC...

Xpath that evaluates -all- attributes?

I maybe be trying to do something invalid here, but maybe someone smarter than me knows the correct syntax to solve my problem. Given: <group code="vehicle"> <line code="car"> <cell> <box code="price">1000.00</box> </cell> </line> <line code="car"> <cell code...

XPath to return only elements containing the text, and not it's parents

In this xml, I want to match, the element containing 'match' (random2 element) `<root> <random1> <random2> match </random2> <random3> nomatch </random3> </random1> </root>` ok, so far I have: //[re:test(.,'match','i')] (with re in the proper namespace) this returns random2, random1 and root... I would like to get only "random2" an...

How does this XPATH query differentiate?

I am kind of repeating this question because mostly due to my own ignorance, I could not fully understand the innards. Given this HTML snippet <td valign=top class="tim_new"> <a href="/stocks/company_info/pricechart.php?sc_did=MI42" class="tim_new">3M India</a> </td> <td class="tim_new" valign=top> <a href='/stocks/marketstats/indc...

Xpath > How can I select a node based on both its attributes and content?

Sample XML: <assignments> <assignment id="911990211" section-id="1942268885" item-count="21" sources="foo"> <options> <value name="NumRetakes">4</value> <value name="MultipleResultGrading">6</value> <value name="MaxFeedbackAttempts">-1</value> <value name="ItemTakesBeforeHint">1</value> <value...

XPath when a root node and element have different Name Space attributes

hi, I got struck with a problem in VB.Net getting Xpath for an XML element as shown below: <Parent xmlns:"http://www.sample.com"&gt; <body> <Child xmlns:"http://www.notsample.com"&gt; <element type="xyz"> ghghghghghg </element> </Child> </body> </Parent> I need Xpath of the "element" in...

Pattern Matching with XSLT

I'm trying to match a pattern into a string in XSLT/XPath using the matches function, as follows: <xsl:when test="matches('awesome','awe')"> ... </xsl:when> However, in both Firefox 3.5.9 and IE8, it doesn't show up. IE8 tells me that "'matches' is not a valid XSLT or XPath function." Is this due to XSLT 2.0 not being supported, an...

How to find a particular table cell in Watir

Using Watir to regression test some changes: I want to 'click' a row in a typical old style web page menu, where the menu is a table of tables. In this particular example, the table cell contains the menu item, and the row, which only consists of the one cell, has an onclick handler. I thought I could cell = browser.element_by_xpath("...