Hi,

I am using XML::LibXML to parse an XML doc. I would like to use XPaths to get values of different nodes and attributes. findnodes(...) API seems to work for nodes (ex: root/head/node1 ) but it gives an error "invalid expression" for XPaths with attrbiutes (ex: root/head/node1/@att1 where att1 is an attribute of node node1).

I'd like to use a "common" API that would "find" AND "get the value of" XPaths irrespective of whether the XPath is pointing to a node or an attribute. Could someone give me an API that'd work generically both for nodes AND attributes without having to handle them separately in my code?


In reply to XPath with node names and attributes... by biswanath_c

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