ref: f1e559d47916b74f473153a0a04df6956ca4052b
dir: /xpath/
.TH XPATH 2
.SH NAME
xmllookpath
\- XPath support
.SH SYNOPSIS
.de PB
.PP
.ft L
.nf
..
.PB
#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>
#include <xml.h>
#include <xpath.h>
.PB
enum {
Xelem = 1,
Xstring = 2,
Xnum = 3,
}
.PB
struct XpResult {
int type; /* type of XpResult */
int error; /* 1 if error. Check errstr */
int num; /* number of results */
union { /* array of results */
char **strings; /* if type == Xstring */
Elem **elems; /* if type == Xelems */
int *numbers; /* if type == Xnum */
};
...
};
.PB
.PD 0
.ta +\w'\fLXpResult 'u
XpResult xmllookpath(Elem *ep, char *xpath)
void xmlfreeresult(XpResult *r)
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Libxpath
is an extension library to
.IR libxml .
It provides XPath functionality for looking up certain nodes in an
existing in-memory XML DOM model.
.PP
.I Xmllookpath
is the main function for querying the XML document using an XPath string.
It's using
.I ep
as the reference element within the DOM model.
.PP
The resulting
.I XpResult
holds the typed results as an array depending on the type.
The allocated array will hold
.I num
items.
If
.I error
is set,
.I errstr
contains the description of the error.
.PP
.I Xmlfreeresult
frees and resets the specified
.I XpResult
structure.
.SH SOURCE
/sys/src/libxpath
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR xml (2),
.IR errstr (2).
.SH BUGS
The current implementation of XPath is incomplete and very limited.
It should be possible to extend the parser to cover a full set of functionality.