Provided by: libxml-xpathengine-perl_0.13-1_all
NAME
XML::XPathEngine::NodeSet - a list of XML document nodes
DESCRIPTION
An XML::XPathEngine::NodeSet object contains an ordered list of nodes. The nodes each take the same format as described in XML::XPathEngine::XMLParser.
SYNOPSIS
my $results = $xp->find('//someelement'); if (!$results->isa('XML::XPathEngine::NodeSet')) { print "Found $results\n"; exit; } foreach my $context ($results->get_nodelist) { my $newresults = $xp->find('./other/element', $context); ... }
API
new() You will almost never have to create a new NodeSet object, as it is all done for you by XPath. get_nodelist() Returns a list of nodes. See XML::XPathEngine::XMLParser for the format of the nodes. string_value() Returns the string-value of the first node in the list. See the XPath specification for what "string-value" means. string_values() Returns a list of the string-values of all the nodes in the list. to_literal() Returns the concatenation of all the string-values of all the nodes in the list. get_node($pos) Returns the node at $pos. The node position in XPath is based at 1, not 0. size() Returns the number of nodes in the NodeSet. pop() Equivalent to perl's pop function. push(@nodes) Equivalent to perl's push function. append($nodeset) Given a nodeset, appends the list of nodes in $nodeset to the end of the current list. shift() Equivalent to perl's shift function. unshift(@nodes) Equivalent to perl's unshift function. prepend($nodeset) Given a nodeset, prepends the list of nodes in $nodeset to the front of the current list.