Support Requests item #1078319, was opened at 2004-12-03 13:35 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=216035&aid=1078319&group_id=16035
Category: None Group: None Status: Open Priority: 5 Submitted By: fox_242 (fox_242) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: XPath only works for elements within a document Initial Comment: XPath works (selectNodes etc.) only for elements within a document. Please fix this or write a large warning in the java doc. Example: public static void main (String []args) throws DocumentException { Document documentManual = DocumentHelper.createDocument(); Element result = new DefaultElement("publicationData"); Element content = new DefaultElement("sdiContent"); content.addText( "Full Text"); result.add(content); System.out.println("result = "+result.asXML()); System.out.println("Searching element without doument: "+result.selectSingleNode("//sdiContent")); documentManual.add(result); System.out.println("After adding the element to a document: "+result.selectSingleNode("//sdiContent")); } This prints the following result: result = <publicationData><sdiContent>Full Text</sdiContent></publicationData> Searching element without do ument: null After adding the element to a document: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Element: <sdiContent attributes: []/>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=216035&aid=1078319&group_id=16035 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ dom4j-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-dev