On 08/03/16 02:39, Adrien Prokopowicz wrote: > Le Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:10:49 +0100, KKing <kicking...@gmail.com> a écrit: > >> On 17/02/16 09:15, KKing wrote: >>> does the XML component support a GetSingleNode method or allow an >>> XPath to be used to obtain single nodes? >>> - - - - >>> >> is that a no then? >> >> > At the moment, there is no XPath support for the gb.xml component. > > However, if you want to select specific nodes, you have several methods > at your disposal : > > * The XmlElement.GetChildrenByTagName()[0] can be used to search elements > with specific tag names, but it also supports LIKE[1] patterns. It can > also receive a depth parameter if you want to restrict your search; > * The XmlElement.GetChildrenByAttributeValue()[2] works with similar > options; > * The gb.xml.html sub-component adds a XmlElement.GetChildrenByFilter()[3] > method, > to which you can pass a CSS filter. Not all CSS expressions are > supported though > (see the MatchFilter()[4] help). > > Hope that helps, > > [0] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.xml/xmlelement/getchildrenbytagname > [1] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/lang/like > [2] > http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.xml/xmlelement/getchildrenbyattributevalue > [3] > http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.xml.html/xmlelement/getchildrenbyfilter > [4] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.xml.html/xmlelement/matchfilter > ta, I did contemplate the GetChildren methods. Due to time pressures, and a very specific need, I resorted to modifying the xml file via string manipulation.
If I ever need to revisit I may look to do it better, either within my code or extending the component. Would XPath fit within the gb.xml component, or would you imagine a gb.xml.xpath component? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785111&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
