Ch18/DomXPathExample07.htm

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        <title>DOM XPath Example</title>           
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        <p>This example uses namespaces.</p>
        <script type="text/javascript">
        
            var xmldom = (new DOMParser()).parseFromString("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><wrox:books xmlns:wrox=\"http://www.wrox.com/\"><wrox:book><wrox:title>Professional JavaScript for Web Developers</wrox:title><wrox:author>Nicholas C. Zakas</wrox:author></wrox:book><wrox:book><wrox:title>Professional Ajax</wrox:title><wrox:author>Nicholas C. Zakas</wrox:author><wrox:author>Jeremy McPeak</wrox:author><wrox:author>Joe Fawcett</wrox:author></wrox:book></wrox:books>", "text/xml");
            var nsresolver = xmldom.createNSResolver(xmldom.documentElement);
            var result = xmldom.evaluate("wrox:book/wrox:author", 
                                         xmldom.documentElement, nsresolver,
                                         XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
            
            alert(result.snapshotLength);            
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