You could achieve your example using a simple bit of recursive XQuery, I do not know of a way of achieving it using just XPath. Also it would not be able to handle all eventualities of XPath (think axes).
Thanks Adam -----Original Message----- From: Shah Asrani [mailto:shahasr...@gmail.com] Sent: 15 December 2008 22:45 To: j-users@xerces.apache.org Subject: Creating DOM using XPath I can walk the DOM tree to create an xpath expression for a given node. I need to create a DOM from scratch using XPath expression. say, I have the expression /a/b/c such that DOM looks like: <a> <b> <c/> </b> </a> Is there any API that I can use to generate Such DOM using the XPath expression? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: j-users-unsubscr...@xerces.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: j-users-h...@xerces.apache.org Registered Office: 7 Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Sowton, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7HY Registered Number 2892803 Registered in England and Wales This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, copy, distribute or disclose the e-mail or any part of its contents or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail the sender by replying to this message. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this e-mail. Landmark Information Group Limited cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail or attachments and recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: j-users-unsubscr...@xerces.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: j-users-h...@xerces.apache.org
