[jdom-interest] XPath bindings?

[Jon Baer]

Awesome idea! +1 from me. In fact can't wait to use it =)

- Jon

bob mcwhirter wrote:

> Howdy folks--
>
> Now that Jaxen is pretty darn compliant with regards JDOM (including
> the namespace:: axis), I was wondering if we might want to spec out an
> XPath binding.  I know the FAQ says maybe 1.1 would include XPath support,
> and the JSR is for 1.0 only, but, XPath is seeming very useful to many
> folks, and The Other Models seem to support it.
>
> Thus, I propose adding, to Document and Element the following:
>
>         public List selectNodes(String xpathExpr);
>         public Object selectSingleNode(String xpathExpr);
>
> Jaxen supports other convenience methods, such as booleanValueOf(...),
> but I'm not proposing adding those.  Following the 80/20 rule, the
> two simple select..() methods seem sufficient.  Folks needing more
> power than that can venture into direct Jaxen usage.
>
> If accepted, I'll gladly generate a diff against CVS to add this
> functionality.
>
>         -bob
>
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