Probably all about the same, under the covers.

Though, the '//' notation is woefully inefficient, simply
because it has to search the entire depth of the document
looking for a <foo> followed by a <bar>.

When possible, try to avoid the // notation, regardless of
the method or XPath engine you're using.  

        -bob


On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Frank Walinsky wrote:

> Can anyone supply the pros/cons on which of the following code snippets is
> better to use?
> 
>         List list = document.selectNodes( "//foo/bar" );
> 
>                               or
> 
>         XPath xpathSelector = DocumentHelper.createXPath( "//foo/bar" );
>         List results = xpathSelector.selectNodes(document);
> 
> Thanks,
> Frank
> 
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