Books.xml: ABC Author Name 2020 29.99 XQuery Book Author 1 Author 2 2005 49.99 Loading the XML Document: To load the XML documents, we can use an XMLHttpRequest object. All modern browsers support it. Example: var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); Selecting Nodes: In different browsers, there are different ways of dealing with XPath. Chrome, Firefox, … Read more
A node-set, a string, a Boolean, or a number is returned by an XPath expression. The operators that we can use in XPath expressions are listed below: Operator Example Description | //book | //cd Computes two node-sets + 11 + 22 Addition – 22 – 11 Subtraction * 11 * 22 Multiplication div 22 div … Read more
Example: ABC 100.00 IT Basics 300.00 XPath Axes: The relationship to the context (current) node is represented by an axis. The path axes are used to locate nodes relative to that node on the tree. AxisName Result ancestor To select all the ancestors (parent, grandparent, etc.) of the current node. ancestor-or-self To select all the … Read more
To select nodes or node-sets in an XML document, the path expressions are used by XPath, i.e., by following a path or steps, a node is selected. Example: ABC 100 XML Basics 300 Selecting Nodes: To select nodes or node-sets in an XML document, the path expressions are used by XPath, i.e., by following a … Read more
XPath Terminology: Nodes: The element, attribute, text, namespace, processing-instruction, comment, and document nodes are the seven kinds of nodes in XPath. The trees of nodes are the XML documents, and the root element is the topmost element of the tree. Example: ABC Author Name 2020 100 Explanation: The nodes in the above XML document are: … Read more