Nope.
Jaxen does not alter the document object-model at all. It simply
extracts references to things within it. So, the <node> within
the object-model had <childNodeB> before jaxen did the query and
it will have it after jaxen does the query.
You can always just apply another simple xpath relative to the <node>
to extract just the <childNodeA> objects.
childNodeA
-bob
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Thanks, that actually works... somewhat.
> The only draw back on that is when i go
> "/root/node/childNodeA/.." I also get all the children aside from
> childNodeA
>
> <node>
> <childNodeA...
> <childNodeB...
> .....
>
> Is there anyway to isolate childNodeA and get the the part node
> without getting other children during the query. I can always not
> call the childNodeB as so on after the query, but if I can
> save that step I would rather.
>
> thanks
> alex
> >
> > I guess I'm not quit following.
> >
> > As you iterate over the returned List, what does it contain?
> >
> > <node> or <childNodeA>?
> >
> > If it contains <node> that node will still have the <childNodeA> in the
> > document, of course, and as a child.
> >
> > I'd argue that "/root/node/childNodeA/.." will return the <nodes>
> > you want.
> >
> >> It always seems that the last part of the query starts the resulting
> >> element
> >
> > Yes, exactly. That's how xpath works. Step-wise.
> >
> > If you want the parent of the <childNodeA> then add another step,
> > considint of two dots ".." that steps back up to the parents of
> > the selected <childNodeA>.
> >
> > So, exactly this:
> >
> > /root/node/childNodeA/..
> >
> > -bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >> Actually,
> >>
> >> the @attrib would be unique to each <node>
> >>
> >> <root>
> >> <node attrib="a">
> >> <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> <childNodeB>text</childNode>
> >> <childNodeC>text</childNode>
> >> </node>
> >> <node attrib="b">
> >> <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> <childNodeB>text</childNode>
> >> <childNodeC>text</childNode>
> >> </node>
> >> .....
> >> .....
> >> .....
> >> </root>
> >>
> >> So in turn I want all <childNodeA> in <node> in the entire document.
> >>
> >> /root/node/childNodeA or //childNodeA
> >>
> >> result is :
> >> <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> .....
> >> .....
> >>
> >> But I need <node> to be returned also.
> >> the results should resemble this :
> >>
> >> <node attrib="a">
> >> <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> </node>
> >> <node attrib="b">
> >> <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> </node>
> >> .....
> >> .....
> >> .....
> >>
> >> It always seems that the last part of the query starts the resulting
> >> element
> >>
> >> ex: /root/node/nextnode
> >> result <nextnode>....
> >>
> >> ex: /root/node[@ID="x"]
> >> result <node ID="x">....
> >>
> >> ex: /root/node[@ID="x"]/nextnode
> >> result <nextnode>....
> >>
> >> I want to query something like
> >>
> >> /root/node/nextnode
> >>
> >> and get back
> >>
> >> <node><nextnode>....
> >>
> >> Now I tried different ways to query, but nothing comes back like I
> >> need it. Is this even possible?
> >> Either I get the parent node but also get all the children too, even
> >> those I have not queried. Or i dont get the parent node at all.
> >>
> >> not sure if this is a part of jaxen or a limitation in xpath.
> >>
> >> thanks again,
> >> alex
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: bob mcwhirter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:54 AM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Re: [Jaxen] Parent node? when searching child elements
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I think it might be as simple as:
> >>
> >> /root/node[@attrib='whatever]/childNodeA/..
> >>
> >> So, that selects the <node>s with the attribute you want, then
> >> select's their <childNodeA>, and then selects those <childNodeA>'s
> >> parents, resulting in a List of <nodes> that match the attribute
> >> predicate and have a <childNodeA>
> >>
> >> Though, the <node> will still have all of its children, include
> >> <childNodeB> and <childNodeC> nodes.
> >>
> >> -bob
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> > Good day,
> >> >
> >> > I'm having alittle trouble here. I can only explain this by example.
> >> > So I will try to draw it out as clear as possible.
> >> >
> >> > <root>
> >> > <node attrib="">
> >> > <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> > <childNodeB>text</childNode>
> >> > <childNodeC>text</childNode>
> >> > </node>
> >> > <node attrib="">
> >> > <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> > <childNodeB>text</childNode>
> >> > <childNodeC>text</childNode>
> >> > </node>
> >> > .....
> >> > .....
> >> > .....
> >> > </root>
> >> >
> >> > I would like to search for this query as an example
> >> "/root/nodeA/childNodeA"
> >> >
> >> > Successfully it returns :
> >> >
> >> > <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> > <childNodeB>text</childNode>
> >> > .....
> >> > .....
> >> > .....
> >> >
> >> > Now this is all good, but I need to get parent of each childNode to
> >> > be returned
> >> > also so I can use the @attrib found in the parent for later use.
> >> >
> >> > I would a return to looks like this :
> >> >
> >> > <node attrib="">
> >> > <childNodeA>text</childNode>
> >> > </node>
> >> > <node attrib="">
> >> > <childNodeB>text</childNode>
> >> > </node>
> >> > .....
> >> > .....
> >> > .....
> >> >
> >> > How would I setup the query to recieve these results. I did trying
> >> > using both parent:: and child::, but I either get the parent node
> >> > along with the rest
> >> > of the child nodes or i end up with the same childNode result
> >> > without the parent. Is there any way to resolve this?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you very much =)
> >> > alex
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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