Louis,
Have you tried iteratePointers? The iterator returned by this method
produces Pointers. You can call "getNode()" on each pointer to acquire
the corresponding DOM/JDOM node.
- Dmitri
--- Louis Calisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> After some careful debugging I�ve discovered the issue. If JXPath
> evaluates
> Java objects and the iterate function is called, JXPath returns the
> Java
> object. For XML, JXPath returns the value of the node, not the object
>
> itself. Therefore, it is impossible (using iterate) to select all the
>
> elements matching a pattern and for each iteration create a variable.
> Each
> node can then be further processed.
>
> This functionality sort of does work with the getValue method. The
> getValue
> method returns the node itself which can be further evaluated. The
> problem
> is it only returns the first node, not all the nodes like in iterate.
> I
> guess to preserve backwards compatibility could an iterateNodes
> method be
> added to the JXPathContext object? For Java objects, it would work
> exactly
> the same. For XML/ JDOM it would return the Element object instead of
>
> evaluating the node. I would be happy to add the method and directly
> mail my
> changes to be approved.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Louis Calisi
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Louis Calisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Users List"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: JXPath problem with the content.iterate method over XML
> >Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:48:06 -0500
> >
> >Hello:
> >
> > First, I wanted to say a big thank you for writing JXPath. I've
> found
> >it to be incredibly powerful and flexible. I�ve decided to write a
> JSP tag
> >library, similar to Xpath. It works great over Java Objects but I�m
> having
> >problems with XML.
> >
> >For instance, I can perform the following with Java objects and it
> works
> >perfectly.
> >
> ><jxpath:forEach id="i"
> select="repository//actionKey[transactionKey]">
> > '<jxpath:out select="$i/transactionKey" />'<br>
> ></jxpath:forEach>
> >
> >But if I do the following:
> >
> ><jxpath:forEach id="i" select="xml//level">
> > '<jxpath:out select="$i/name" />'<br>
> ></jxpath:forEach>
> >
> >I get the following error for each iteration through the loop:
> >
> >�No value for xpath: $i/name�
> >
> >XML does work if I attempt to access the node directly. The
> following piece
> >of code produces the correct answer:
> >
> ><jxpath:out select="xml//level[1]/name"/>
> >
> >Which leads me to believe it�s either the way I�m opening the XML or
> using
> >the context.iterator function. I�m not sure because they both work
> in some
> >situations as explained above.
> >
> >
> >I have function returns the XML document. Due to some compatibility
> >problems with our app server, I can�t use the DOM so this is the
> reason for
> >using JDOM. The implemented is below:
> >
> >public Container getXml() {
> > if (this.document == null)
> > this.document = new JDOMDocumentContainer(getRepository());
> > return document;
> >}
> >
> >
> >The getValue method is implemented below. My assumption is this
> function
> >should return the root document.
> >
> >public Object getValue() {
> > if (this.document != null)
> > return this.document;
> >
> > try {
> > SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
> > this.document = builder.build(new StringReader(this.xml));
> > return this.document;
> >
> > } catch (Exception e) {
> > logger.warn("Parsing this xml threw an exception: ");
> > logger.warn(xml);
> > throw new JXPathException("Cannot read XML from the
> > session repository ", e);
> > }
> >}
> >
> >
> >The part of the foreach tag which retrieves the Iterator below:
> >
> >JXPathContext context = getContext(repository);
> >
> >Iterator iterator = context.iterate(path);
> >if (iterator == null)
> > logger.debug("The value returned by the path '" + path
> > + "' was null");
> >return iterator;
> >
> >
> >I also tried using iteratorPointer but it didn�t work either.
> >
> >
> >The part which creates a variable for the out tag is below:
> >
> >
> >if (!iterator.hasNext())
> > return false;
> >
> >this.current = iterator.next();
> >getContext().getVariables().declareVariable(id, current);
> >
> >
> >Finally, the part of the out tag which retrieves the object is
> below:
> >
> >JXPathContext context = getContext(repository);
> >Object result = context.getValue(path);
> >
> >
> >If you need any other code then please let me know. I can also help
> to fill
> >in any gaps I may have left out. To summarize I�m not sure why the
> same
> >foreach / out tag works as expected with Java code but not with XML.
> Also,
> >the reason why JXPath fails with iterating over a result but not
> accessing
> >the XML node directly.
> >
> >
> >Louis Calisi
> >
> >
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