Well, anyway, thanks for pointing this out because I think it's a bug and the same bug is present in Xpath-as3.
The spec is quite confusing because it defines 4 different node types: "node", "processing-instruction", "comment" and "text". Attribute is actually of type "node", but you have to read between the lines to get that, especially as attributes have special treatment elsewhere. Peter On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Glen Pike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But hey, it works now right and I won't be upgrading XFactorStudio for this > site, so all I do is learn a small bad habit, which I will remember for > future stuff anyway :) > > > > Peter Hall wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Peter Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > 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, > > > > > > > > > > Actually, I might be talking crap about that. It was a year ago that I > > worked on the library and, well, you know... I'm looking at the spec > > again now and it's quite confusing, so I'm still not completely sure. > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Glen Pike > 01326 218440 > www.glenpike.co.uk <http://www.glenpike.co.uk> > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
