XPath - Abbreviated Syntax
| XPath | Description |
| * | selects all element children of the context node (child::*) |
| text() |
selects all text node children of the context node
|
| @name | selects the name attribute of the context node (attribute::name) |
| @* | selects all the attributes of the context node (attribute::*) |
| perm[1] |
selects the first
perm child of the context node |
| perm[last()] |
selects the last
perm child of the context node |
| ../perm | select the perm children of the parent of the context node (parent::name) |
| perm | selects the perm element, child of the context node (child::perm) |
| //perm | selects all the perm) descendants of the document root and thus selects all perm elements in the same document as the context node (descendant::perm |
| . | selects the context node (self::node()) |
| .. | selects the parent of the context node (parent::node()) |
| //permissions/perm[5] |
selects the fifth
perm of the permissions |
| ../@attName |
selects the
attName attribute of the parent of the context node |
perm[@type="admin"] |
selects all
perm children of the context node that have a type attribute with value admin |
para[@type="admin"][5] |
selects the fifth
perm child of the context node that has a type attribute with value admin |
para[5][@type="admin"] |
selects the fifth
perm child of the context node if that child has a type attribute with value admin |
