Thank you for reply. I searched more and i find : http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xerces-j-dev&m=97802463826410&w=2 very usefull . but the Xerces distro that i download from apache site does not conitan
org.apache.xpath.XPathAPI Do you know where i should get it? thanks Prashant wrote: > Yes, you can use XPath API to return NodeList instead of evaluating to > a text value. > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/javax/xml/xpath/XPath.html#evaluate(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Object,%20javax.xml.namespace.QName) > > > -Prashant > legolas wood wrote: >> Thank you for reply. >> I looked at Xpath API, but it just return an string as the result >> of evaluation. >> while I need it to return a NodeList or something similar to it. >> >> imagine that i want to pars something like : >> >> <Student-Names> >> <name>ABC</name> >> <name>BBC</name> >> <name>CBC</name> >> <name>ACB</name> >> </Student-Names> >> >> <Teacher-Names> >> <name>ABC</name> >> <name>BBC</name> >> <name>CBC</name> >> <name>ACB</name> >> </Teacher-Names> >> ..... >> >> If i apply the Xpath API, will it return a NodeList of all element >> inside <Teacher-Names> >> thanks >> >> >> >> Michael Glavassevich wrote: >>> legolas wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/20/2006 09:37:54 AM: >>> >>> >>>> Thank you for reading my post. >>>> I have some question about parsing XML, >>>> >>>> -does XSD and DTD has the same role? >>>> >>> >>> They're different schema languages. Wikipedia [1] has a fairly good >>> comparison of the two. >>> >>> >>>> -I know that if i want to pars a document like : >>>> [CODE] >>>> <Student-Names> >>>> <name>ABC</name> >>>> <name>BBC</name> >>>> <name>CBC</name> >>>> <name>ACB</name> >>>> </Student-Names> >>>> [/CODE] >>>> >>>> I should have a code like: >>>> [CODE] >>>> Element docEle = dom.getDocumentElement(); >>>> NodeList nl = docEle.getElementsByTagName("name"); >>>> [/CODE] >>>> But when my XML document is more sophisticated like : >>>> [CODE] >>>> >>>> <Student-Names> >>>> <name>ABC</name> >>>> <name>BBC</name> >>>> <name>CBC</name> >>>> <name>ACB</name> >>>> </Student-Names> >>>> >>>> <Teacher-Names> >>>> <name>ABC</name> >>>> <name>BBC</name> >>>> <name>CBC</name> >>>> <name>ACB</name> >>>> </Teacher-Names> >>>> ..... >>>> >>>> [/CODE] >>>> >>>> what should i do? >>>> Should i start reading the document elements one by one and test >>>> them to >>>> see whether it is student/teacher/worker.... or there is some >>>> easier way >>>> like case one that i can use to retrieve all >>> students/teachers/workers..? >>> >>> You may find it easier to select the content you want using XPath >>> (which is supported [2] by Xalan). >>> >>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>> >>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Schema_Language_Comparison >>> [2] http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/xpath_apis.html >>> >>> Michael Glavassevich >>> XML Parser Development >>> IBM Toronto Lab >>> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
