Re^3: XML::LibXML problem

I do not get your exact problem. To get children elements of a particular parent element, just do

$parent->findnodes("*")
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To get both elements and text nodes, do

$parent->findnodes("* | text()")
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To get text nodes and elements containing text, do

$parent->findnodes("*[text()] | text()")
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And so on.

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Re^4: XML::LibXML problem by norricorp (Initiate) on Dec 29, 2011 at 16:11 UTC
Yes that will work but I am looking for just the next level only not the whole tree. So for instance `<library> <book attr1="zzz"> <title>xxxx</title> <author>yyyyy</author> </book> <book attr1="sssss"> ---- </book> <book attr1="dddd"> ---- </book> </library>` [download] So, if i was at library then I just want all of the books, no title or author elements. And if I do * then I get back all of the elements from the whole tree. Regards, John	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: XML::LibXML problem by choroba (Cardinal) on Dec 29, 2011 at 16:18 UTC
if I do then I get back all of the elements from the whole tree* Not true. Or at least I do not get it, and you should not get it either: `perl -E ' use XML::LibXML; my $dom = XML::LibXML->load_xml(string => q{ <library> <book attr1="zzz"> <title>xxxx</title> <author>yyyyy</author> </book> <book attr1="sssss"> ---- </book> <book attr1="dddd"> ---- </book> </library> }); my ($l) = $dom->findnodes("/library"); say $_->getName for $l->findnodes("*[text()] \| text()");' #text book #text book #text book #text` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: XML::LibXML problem by norricorp (Initiate) on Dec 29, 2011 at 16:38 UTC
OK, I have been running this again and obvioulsy I changed something (my millionth change of the day) and this has worked. So, query is /xs:schema/xs:element/xs:complexType/xs:sequence/xs:element/xs:complexType/xs:sequence/xs:element@name does work! many thanks for your patience and help. John	[reply]