Thats correct - thanks Silvain.
Also you can omit the "./" prefix. You can also navigate upwards using ".."
like with file systems.
e.g. adding to Silvains excellent example...
for (Iterator iter = doc.selectNodes("/a/b").iterator; iter.hasNext();) {
Element elem = (Element) iter.next();
for (Iterator iter2 = elem.selectNodes("c/d").iterator; iter2.hasNext();)
{
Element elem2 = (Element) iter.next();
System.out.println("name: " + elem2.attributeValue("name");
// or can do a relative XPath expression to get parent's name attribute
Element parent = (Element) elem2.selectSingleNode( "../@name" );
}
}
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Silvain Piree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [dom4j-user] selectNodes inside selectNodes - relative xpath?
>
> David,
>
> you can make relative queries by prefixing your xpath query with ".",
> e.g. myElement.selectNodes("./mysubelement/mysub").
>
> As an example:
>
> for (Iterator iter = doc.selectNodes("/a/b").iterator; iter.hasNext();) {
> Element elem = (Element) iter.next();
> for (Iterator iter2 = eleme.selectNodes("./c/d").iterator;
> iter2.hasNext();) {
> Element elem2 = (Element) iter.next();
> System.out.println("name: " + elem2.attributeValue("name");
> }
> }
>
> Hope this helps, Silvain
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Thielen
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 0:52
> Subject: [dom4j-user] selectNodes inside selectNodes - relative xpath?
>
>
> Hi;
>
> First off, thanks for the help on the previous question - it was very much
> appreciated.
>
> So here is question two.
>
> I do a selectNodes ( "xpath" ) and get a list.
>
> While I am iterating through that list, I do a selectNodes ( "xpath2" )
and
> get a second list I am iterating through.
>
> While iterating through these lists I want to do relative xpaths
(including
> possibly for the xpath2 on the second selectNodes).
>
> Here's my question - when I have finished iterating through the xpath2
> items, I am still in the original xpath iteration - how do I go back to
> doing relative paths off the outer iteration?
>
> And how do I do relative paths off the outer iteration while inside the
> inner iteration?
>
> thanks - dave
>
>
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