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 > > > _______________________________________________ > dom4j-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user > _______________________________________________ dom4j-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user