Hey Bob
Yes that sounds like a correct explanation to me. I think numeric types will
be supported too, though maybe the expression needs to be wrapped in a
number() function call.
docElem.selectNodes( "a", "number(@price)" )
Though I've never tested the above ;-)
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob mcwhirter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Terry Steichen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "dom4j-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: [dom4j-user] Sorting selectNodes() results
> On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Terry Steichen wrote:
>
> > Could anyone explain how you are supposed to use selectNodes(Xpath1,
> > Xpath2) such that Xpath2 results in a sorted node list?
>
> I'm just guessing, as I've never useed it, but here's what I divine
> from the javadocs...
>
> xpath1 is used to select the set of nodes to be sorted. It's the
> normal 'xpath' paramter as in the simpler selectNodes(String xpath)
> method.
>
> The xpath2 parameter then, is used to select the key that's used
> to perform the sorting, which I assume in only natural order of
> strings. (James? Does is handle numeric types, or anything?).
>
> So, given:
>
>
> <doc>
> <a name="foo"/>
> <a name="bar"/>
> <a name="cheese"/>
> </doc>
>
> And, given an Element representing the <doc> element, this
>
> docElem.selectNodes( "a", "@name" )
>
> would produce a list of <a> elements sorted by the value of the
> 'name' attribute, producing:
>
> {
> <a name="bar"/>,
> <a name="cheese"/>,
> <a name="foo"/>,
> }
>
> Hope that helps. Heck, I hope it's an even marginally correct
> explanation.
>
> -bob
>
>
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