NAME

XML::TinyXML::Selector::XPath - XPath-compliant selector for XML::TinyXML

SYNOPSIS

use XML::TinyXML;

# first obtain an xml context:
$xml = XML::TinyXML->new("rootnode", param => "somevalue", attrs => { attr1 => v1, attr2 => v2 });

$selector = XML::TinyXML::Selector->new($xml, "XPath");

#####
Assuming the following xml data :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xml>
  <hello>world</hello>
  <foo>
    <![CDATA[ this should unescape <&; etc... :) ]]>
  </foo>
  <parent>
    <child1/>
    <child2/>
    <child3/>
  </parent>
  <parent>
    <blah>SECOND</blah>
  </parent>
</xml>
#####

@res = $selector->select('//parent');
@res = $selector->select('//child*');
@res = $selector->select('/parent[2]/blah/..');
@res = $selector->select('//blah/..');
@res = $selector->select('//parent[1]/..');
@res = $selector->select('//parent[1]/.');
@res = $selector->select('//blah/.');

# or using the unabbreviated syntax:

@res = $selector->select('/descendant-or-self::node()/child::parent');
@res = $selector->select('/descendant-or-self::node()/child::child*');
@res = $selector->select('/child::parent[2]/child::blah/parent::node()');
@res = $selector->select('/descendant-or-self::node()/child::blah/parent::node()');
@res = $selector->select('/descendant-or-self::node()/child::parent[1]/parent::node()');
@res = $selector->select('/descendant-or-self::node()/child::parent[1]/self::node()');
@res = $selector->select('/descendant-or-self::node()/child::blah/self::node()');


# refer to XPath documentation for further examples and details on the supported syntax:
# ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath )
=back

DESCRIPTION

XPath-compliant selector for XML::TinyXML

INSTANCE VARIABLES

METHODS

• init ()

• select ($expr, [ $cnode ])

SEE ALSO

XML::TinyXML XML::TinyXML::Node XML::TinyXML::Selector

AUTHOR

xant, <xant@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009-2010 by xant

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.