In XPath 1.0, an attribute is an axis, not a node, and so cannot be used as a context node. (ie the self axis that you are attempting to access with "." does not exist). I could be wrong on this, but I implemented my own xpath library for AS3 from the w3c spec, without referencing the xfactorstudio code, and it does not work either (actually it throws an error).
I wonder if the test site that you mention is completely compliant. For example certain XPath 2.0 features such as "a/(b | c)" work in there, but are not valid in XPath 1.0, so it's possible that they support more than is required. Anyway, the following will work instead: //*[contains(@file, '.swf')]/@file Peter On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm, > > Seems my original reply did not go to the list: > > Here is the email again, but don't worry too much about it, as I have a > workaround... > > (The sitemap snippet is also missing some <activity file="activity1.swf" > type="SWF"/> entries too - I can't just search for "//animation/@file[...]" > ) > > It's a bit of a sneaky one, but I have a workaround - I just wanted to > flag it up... > > Here is the email I sent back to Pete... > > I am trying to find all nodes with an attribute called "file" which ends in > (can't do this in XPath 1.0 so contains will have to do) ".swf". > > Here is my XPath string; > > //@file[contains(., ".swf")] > > I am comparing the AS XPath implementation with this online testbed - which > is also very useful :) > > http://www.whitebeam.org/library/guide/TechNotes/xpathtestbed.rhtm > > My workaround is to pull out all nodes with an attribute called file, then > compare the values with ".swf" myself. > > //@file > > Below is a snippet of the XML I am using... > > <sitemap> > <section label="Home"> > <intro> > <animation file="animations/MainIntro.swf"/> > <animation file="animations/AndyIntroDuffy.swf"/> > <animation file="animations/duffy_intro_1.swf"/> > <animation file="animations/duffy_intro_2.swf"/> > <animation file="animations/duffy_intro_3.swf"/> > </intro> > <section label="Geography"> > <intro> > <animation file="animations/geog_quiz_intro.swf"/> > </intro> > <quiz file="geography.xml"/> > <activity type="PDF" label="Duffy's Oceans" > file="geo-1-duffys-oceans.pdf"/> > <activity type="PDF" label="Duffy's Coasts" > file="geo-2-duffys-coasts.pdf"/> > <activity type="PDF" label="Geography Glossary" > file="geo-glossary.pdf"/> > </section> > <section label="English"> > <intro> > <animation file="animations/english_quiz_intro.swf"/> > </intro> > <quiz file="english.xml"/> > <activity type="PDF" label="A Home For Duffy" > file="eng-1-home-for-duffy.pdf"/> > <activity type="PDF" label="A Sad Story" > file="eng-2-a-sad-story.pdf"/> > <activity type="PDF" label="Duffy's Day" > file="eng-3-duffys-day.pdf"/> > <activity type="PDF" label="Do The Duffy Rap" > file="eng-4-duffy-rap.pdf"/> > <activity type="PDF" label="English Glossary" > file="eng-glossary.pdf"/> > </section> > </section> > <sitemap> > > > -- > > Glen Pike > 01326 218440 > www.glenpike.co.uk <http://www.glenpike.co.uk> > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
