XPath
Manipulator
The node takes the XML Documents of the selected column and performs XPath queries on them. The node supports XPath 1.0.
XPath Syntax
Selection Nodes
| Expression | Description |
|---|---|
| nodename | Selects all nodes with the name "nodename" |
| / | Selects from the root node. |
| // | Selects nodes in the document from the current node that match the selection no matter where they are |
| . | Selects the current node |
| .. | Selects the parent of the current node |
| @ | Selects attributes |
Predicates
| Path Expression | Result |
|---|---|
| /bookstore/book[1] | Selects the first book element that is the child of the bookstore element. |
| /bookstore/book[last()] | Selects the last book element that is the child of the bookstore element |
| /bookstore/book[last()-1] | Selects the last but one book element that is the child of the bookstore element |
| /bookstore/book[position()<3] | Selects the first two book elements that are children of the bookstore element |
| //title[@lang] | Selects all the title elements that have an attribute named lang |
| //title[@lang='en'] | Selects all the title elements that have a "lang" attribute with a value of "en" |
| /bookstore/book[price>35.00] | Selects all the book elements of the bookstore element that have a price element with a value greater than 35.00 |
| /bookstore/book[price>35.00]/title | Selects all the title elements of the book elements of the bookstore element that have a price element with a value greater than 35.00 |
Syntax description from w3cschools.com.
Hint for streaming: Node can only be executed in real streamed fashion if every single XPath query is configured as follow (see XPath Query Settings):
The column names are fixed (i.e. select 'new column name') and either 'Single Cell', 'Collection Cell', or 'Multiple Rows' are selected as 'Multiple tag option'.
Input ports
- Type: Data Input table containing at least one XML column.
Output ports
- Type: Data The input table with additional columns containing the result of the XPath queries.