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implementation  XML Path Language implementation XPath is a language for addressing parts of an XML document, designed to be used by both XSLT and XPointer</p><h2>Table of Contents</h2><pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength">xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength</a></pre><pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty">xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty</a></pre><pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetItem">xmlXPathNodeSetItem</a></pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlNodeSet">xmlNodeSet</a><br />struct _xmlNodeSet
14</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSet">xmlNodeSet</a> * <a name="xmlNodeSetPtr" id="xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a>
15</pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlXPathAxis">xmlXPathAxis</a><br />struct _xmlXPathAxis
16</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathAxis">xmlXPathAxis</a> * <a name="xmlXPathAxisPtr" id="xmlXPathAxisPtr">xmlXPathAxisPtr</a>
17</pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlXPathCompExpr">xmlXPathCompExpr</a><br />struct _xmlXPathCompExpr
18The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
19</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExpr">xmlXPathCompExpr</a> * <a name="xmlXPathCompExprPtr" id="xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a>
20</pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a><br />struct _xmlXPathContext
21</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a> * <a name="xmlXPathContextPtr" id="xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a>
22</pre><pre class="programlisting">Enum <a href="#xmlXPathError">xmlXPathError</a>
23</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathFunct">xmlXPathFunct</a> * <a name="xmlXPathFuncPtr" id="xmlXPathFuncPtr">xmlXPathFuncPtr</a>
24</pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlXPathFunct">xmlXPathFunct</a><br />struct _xmlXPathFunct
25</pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlXPathObject">xmlXPathObject</a><br />struct _xmlXPathObject
26</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObject">xmlXPathObject</a> * <a name="xmlXPathObjectPtr" id="xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>
27</pre><pre class="programlisting">Enum <a href="#xmlXPathObjectType">xmlXPathObjectType</a>
28</pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlXPathParserContext">xmlXPathParserContext</a><br />struct _xmlXPathParserContext
29</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContext">xmlXPathParserContext</a> * <a name="xmlXPathParserContextPtr" id="xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a>
30</pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlXPathType">xmlXPathType</a><br />struct _xmlXPathType
31</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathType">xmlXPathType</a> * <a name="xmlXPathTypePtr" id="xmlXPathTypePtr">xmlXPathTypePtr</a>
32</pre><pre class="programlisting">Structure <a href="#xmlXPathVariable">xmlXPathVariable</a><br />struct _xmlXPathVariable
33</pre><pre class="programlisting">Typedef <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathVariable">xmlXPathVariable</a> * <a name="xmlXPathVariablePtr" id="xmlXPathVariablePtr">xmlXPathVariablePtr</a>
34</pre><pre class="programlisting">Function type: <a href="#xmlXPathAxisFunc">xmlXPathAxisFunc</a>
35<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathAxisFunc">xmlXPathAxisFunc</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />						 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> cur)
36</pre>
37<pre class="programlisting">double	<a href="#xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber">xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber</a>	(int val)</pre>
38<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	<a href="#xmlXPathCastBooleanToString">xmlXPathCastBooleanToString</a>	(int val)</pre>
39<pre class="programlisting">int	<a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean">xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)</pre>
40<pre class="programlisting">double	<a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber">xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)</pre>
41<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	<a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString">xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)</pre>
42<pre class="programlisting">double	<a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber">xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber</a>	(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node)</pre>
43<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	<a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeToString">xmlXPathCastNodeToString</a>	(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node)</pre>
44<pre class="programlisting">int	<a href="#xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean">xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean</a>	(double val)</pre>
45<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	<a href="#xmlXPathCastNumberToString">xmlXPathCastNumberToString</a>	(double val)</pre>
46<pre class="programlisting">int	<a href="#xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean">xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean</a>	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * val)</pre>
47<pre class="programlisting">double	<a href="#xmlXPathCastStringToNumber">xmlXPathCastStringToNumber</a>	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * val)</pre>
48<pre class="programlisting">int	<a href="#xmlXPathCastToBoolean">xmlXPathCastToBoolean</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)</pre>
49<pre class="programlisting">double	<a href="#xmlXPathCastToNumber">xmlXPathCastToNumber</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)</pre>
50<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	<a href="#xmlXPathCastToString">xmlXPathCastToString</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)</pre>
51<pre class="programlisting">int	<a href="#xmlXPathCmpNodes">xmlXPathCmpNodes</a>		(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node1, <br />					 <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node2)</pre>
52<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathCompile">xmlXPathCompile</a>	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str)</pre>
53<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathCompiledEval">xmlXPathCompiledEval</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp, <br />						 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx)</pre>
54<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathConvertBoolean">xmlXPathConvertBoolean</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)</pre>
55<pre class="programlisting">Function type: <a href="#xmlXPathConvertFunc">xmlXPathConvertFunc</a>
56int	<a href="#xmlXPathConvertFunc">xmlXPathConvertFunc</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj, <br />					 int type)
57</pre>
58<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathConvertNumber">xmlXPathConvertNumber</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)</pre>
59<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathConvertString">xmlXPathConvertString</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)</pre>
60<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathCtxtCompile">xmlXPathCtxtCompile</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />						 const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str)</pre>
61<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathEval">xmlXPathEval</a>	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br />					 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx)</pre>
62<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathEvalExpression">xmlXPathEvalExpression</a>	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br />						 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt)</pre>
63<pre class="programlisting">Function type: <a href="#xmlXPathEvalFunc">xmlXPathEvalFunc</a>
64void	<a href="#xmlXPathEvalFunc">xmlXPathEvalFunc</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />					 int nargs)
65</pre>
66<pre class="programlisting">int	<a href="#xmlXPathEvalPredicate">xmlXPathEvalPredicate</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />					 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> res)</pre>
67<pre class="programlisting">void	<a href="#xmlXPathFreeCompExpr">xmlXPathFreeCompExpr</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp)</pre>
68<pre class="programlisting">void	<a href="#xmlXPathFreeContext">xmlXPathFreeContext</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt)</pre>
69<pre class="programlisting">void	<a href="#xmlXPathFreeNodeSet">xmlXPathFreeNodeSet</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> obj)</pre>
70<pre class="programlisting">void	<a href="#xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList">xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj)</pre>
71<pre class="programlisting">void	<a href="#xmlXPathFreeObject">xmlXPathFreeObject</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj)</pre>
72<pre class="programlisting">Function type: <a href="#xmlXPathFunction">xmlXPathFunction</a>
73void	<a href="#xmlXPathFunction">xmlXPathFunction</a>		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />					 int nargs)
74</pre>
75<pre class="programlisting">void	<a href="#xmlXPathInit">xmlXPathInit</a>			(void)</pre>
76<pre class="programlisting">int	<a href="#xmlXPathIsInf">xmlXPathIsInf</a>			(double val)</pre>
77<pre class="programlisting">int	<a href="#xmlXPathIsNaN">xmlXPathIsNaN</a>			(double val)</pre>
78<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathNewContext">xmlXPathNewContext</a>	(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc)</pre>
79<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetCreate">xmlXPathNodeSetCreate</a>	(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> val)</pre>
80<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	<a href="#xmlXPathObjectCopy">xmlXPathObjectCopy</a>	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)</pre>
81<pre class="programlisting">long	<a href="#xmlXPathOrderDocElems">xmlXPathOrderDocElems</a>		(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc)</pre>
82<h2>Description</h2>
83<h3><a name="xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength" id="xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength"></a>Macro: xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength</h3><pre>#define xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength</pre><p>Implement a functionality similar to the DOM NodeList.length. Returns the number of nodes in the node-set.</p>
84<h3><a name="xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty" id="xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty"></a>Macro: xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty</h3><pre>#define xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty</pre><p>Checks whether @ns is empty or not. Returns %TRUE if @ns is an empty node-set.</p>
85<h3><a name="xmlXPathNodeSetItem" id="xmlXPathNodeSetItem"></a>Macro: xmlXPathNodeSetItem</h3><pre>#define xmlXPathNodeSetItem</pre><p>Implements a functionality similar to the DOM NodeList.item(). Returns the <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> at the given @index in @ns or NULL if @index is out of range (0 to length-1)</p>
86<h3><a name="xmlNodeSet" id="xmlNodeSet">Structure xmlNodeSet</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlNodeSet<br />struct _xmlNodeSet {
87    int	nodeNr	: number of nodes in the set
88    int	nodeMax	: size of the array as allocated
89    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> *	nodeTab	: array of nodes in no particular order @
90}</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathAxis" id="xmlXPathAxis">Structure xmlXPathAxis</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlXPathAxis<br />struct _xmlXPathAxis {
91    const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	name	: the axis name
92    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathAxisFunc">xmlXPathAxisFunc</a>	func	: the search function
93}</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathCompExpr" id="xmlXPathCompExpr">Structure xmlXPathCompExpr</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlXPathCompExpr<br />struct _xmlXPathCompExpr {
94The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
95}</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathContext" id="xmlXPathContext">Structure xmlXPathContext</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlXPathContext<br />struct _xmlXPathContext {
96    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a>	doc	: The current document
97    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a>	node	: The current node
98    int	nb_variables_unused	: unused (hash table)
99    int	max_variables_unused	: unused (hash table)
100    <a href="libxml-hash.html#xmlHashTablePtr">xmlHashTablePtr</a>	varHash	: Hash table of defined variables
101    int	nb_types	: number of defined types
102    int	max_types	: max number of types
103    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathTypePtr">xmlXPathTypePtr</a>	types	: Array of defined types
104    int	nb_funcs_unused	: unused (hash table)
105    int	max_funcs_unused	: unused (hash table)
106    <a href="libxml-hash.html#xmlHashTablePtr">xmlHashTablePtr</a>	funcHash	: Hash table of defined funcs
107    int	nb_axis	: number of defined axis
108    int	max_axis	: max number of axis
109    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathAxisPtr">xmlXPathAxisPtr</a>	axis	: Array of defined axis the namespace nod
110    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNsPtr">xmlNsPtr</a> *	namespaces	: Array of namespaces
111    int	nsNr	: number of namespace in scope
112    void *	user	: function to free extra variables
113    int	contextSize	: the context size
114    int	proximityPosition	: the proximity position extra stuff for
115    int	xptr	: it this an XPointer context
116    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a>	here	: for here()
117    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a>	origin	: for origin() the set of namespace decla
118    <a href="libxml-hash.html#xmlHashTablePtr">xmlHashTablePtr</a>	nsHash	: The namespaces hash table
119    void *	varLookupFunc	: variable lookup func
120    void *	varLookupData	: variable lookup data Possibility to lin
121    void *	extra	: needed for XSLT The function name and U
122    const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	function
123    const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	functionURI	: function lookup function and data
124    void *	funcLookupFunc	: function lookup func
125    void *	funcLookupData	: function lookup data temporary namespac
126    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNsPtr">xmlNsPtr</a> *	tmpNsList	: Array of namespaces
127    int	tmpNsNr	: number of namespace in scope error repo
128    void *	userData	: user specific data block
129    <a href="libxml-xmlerror.html#xmlStructuredErrorFunc">xmlStructuredErrorFunc</a>	error	: the callback in case of errors
130    <a href="libxml-xmlerror.html#xmlError">xmlError</a>	lastError	: the last error
131    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a>	debugNode	: the source node XSLT dictionnary
132    <a href="libxml-dict.html#xmlDictPtr">xmlDictPtr</a>	dict	: dictionnary if any
133}</pre><h3>Enum <a name="xmlXPathError" id="xmlXPathError">xmlXPathError</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Enum xmlXPathError {
134    <a name="XPATH_EXPRESSION_OK" id="XPATH_EXPRESSION_OK">XPATH_EXPRESSION_OK</a> = 0
135    <a name="XPATH_NUMBER_ERROR" id="XPATH_NUMBER_ERROR">XPATH_NUMBER_ERROR</a> = 1
136    <a name="XPATH_UNFINISHED_LITERAL_ERROR" id="XPATH_UNFINISHED_LITERAL_ERROR">XPATH_UNFINISHED_LITERAL_ERROR</a> = 2
137    <a name="XPATH_START_LITERAL_ERROR" id="XPATH_START_LITERAL_ERROR">XPATH_START_LITERAL_ERROR</a> = 3
138    <a name="XPATH_VARIABLE_REF_ERROR" id="XPATH_VARIABLE_REF_ERROR">XPATH_VARIABLE_REF_ERROR</a> = 4
139    <a name="XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR" id="XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR">XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR</a> = 5
140    <a name="XPATH_INVALID_PREDICATE_ERROR" id="XPATH_INVALID_PREDICATE_ERROR">XPATH_INVALID_PREDICATE_ERROR</a> = 6
141    <a name="XPATH_EXPR_ERROR" id="XPATH_EXPR_ERROR">XPATH_EXPR_ERROR</a> = 7
142    <a name="XPATH_UNCLOSED_ERROR" id="XPATH_UNCLOSED_ERROR">XPATH_UNCLOSED_ERROR</a> = 8
143    <a name="XPATH_UNKNOWN_FUNC_ERROR" id="XPATH_UNKNOWN_FUNC_ERROR">XPATH_UNKNOWN_FUNC_ERROR</a> = 9
144    <a name="XPATH_INVALID_OPERAND" id="XPATH_INVALID_OPERAND">XPATH_INVALID_OPERAND</a> = 10
145    <a name="XPATH_INVALID_TYPE" id="XPATH_INVALID_TYPE">XPATH_INVALID_TYPE</a> = 11
146    <a name="XPATH_INVALID_ARITY" id="XPATH_INVALID_ARITY">XPATH_INVALID_ARITY</a> = 12
147    <a name="XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_SIZE" id="XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_SIZE">XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_SIZE</a> = 13
148    <a name="XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_POSITION" id="XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_POSITION">XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_POSITION</a> = 14
149    <a name="XPATH_MEMORY_ERROR" id="XPATH_MEMORY_ERROR">XPATH_MEMORY_ERROR</a> = 15
150    <a name="XPTR_SYNTAX_ERROR" id="XPTR_SYNTAX_ERROR">XPTR_SYNTAX_ERROR</a> = 16
151    <a name="XPTR_RESOURCE_ERROR" id="XPTR_RESOURCE_ERROR">XPTR_RESOURCE_ERROR</a> = 17
152    <a name="XPTR_SUB_RESOURCE_ERROR" id="XPTR_SUB_RESOURCE_ERROR">XPTR_SUB_RESOURCE_ERROR</a> = 18
153    <a name="XPATH_UNDEF_PREFIX_ERROR" id="XPATH_UNDEF_PREFIX_ERROR">XPATH_UNDEF_PREFIX_ERROR</a> = 19
154    <a name="XPATH_ENCODING_ERROR" id="XPATH_ENCODING_ERROR">XPATH_ENCODING_ERROR</a> = 20
155    <a name="XPATH_INVALID_CHAR_ERROR" id="XPATH_INVALID_CHAR_ERROR">XPATH_INVALID_CHAR_ERROR</a> = 21
156}
157</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathFunct" id="xmlXPathFunct">Structure xmlXPathFunct</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlXPathFunct<br />struct _xmlXPathFunct {
158    const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	name	: the function name
159    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathEvalFunc">xmlXPathEvalFunc</a>	func	: the evaluation function
160}</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathObject" id="xmlXPathObject">Structure xmlXPathObject</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlXPathObject<br />struct _xmlXPathObject {
161    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectType">xmlXPathObjectType</a>	type
162    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a>	nodesetval
163    int	boolval
164    double	floatval
165    <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	stringval
166    void *	user
167    int	index
168    void *	user2
169    int	index2
170}</pre><h3>Enum <a name="xmlXPathObjectType" id="xmlXPathObjectType">xmlXPathObjectType</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Enum xmlXPathObjectType {
171    <a name="XPATH_UNDEFINED" id="XPATH_UNDEFINED">XPATH_UNDEFINED</a> = 0
172    <a name="XPATH_NODESET" id="XPATH_NODESET">XPATH_NODESET</a> = 1
173    <a name="XPATH_BOOLEAN" id="XPATH_BOOLEAN">XPATH_BOOLEAN</a> = 2
174    <a name="XPATH_NUMBER" id="XPATH_NUMBER">XPATH_NUMBER</a> = 3
175    <a name="XPATH_STRING" id="XPATH_STRING">XPATH_STRING</a> = 4
176    <a name="XPATH_POINT" id="XPATH_POINT">XPATH_POINT</a> = 5
177    <a name="XPATH_RANGE" id="XPATH_RANGE">XPATH_RANGE</a> = 6
178    <a name="XPATH_LOCATIONSET" id="XPATH_LOCATIONSET">XPATH_LOCATIONSET</a> = 7
179    <a name="XPATH_USERS" id="XPATH_USERS">XPATH_USERS</a> = 8
180    <a name="XPATH_XSLT_TREE" id="XPATH_XSLT_TREE">XPATH_XSLT_TREE</a> = 9 : An XSLT value tree, non modifiable
181}
182</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathParserContext" id="xmlXPathParserContext">Structure xmlXPathParserContext</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlXPathParserContext<br />struct _xmlXPathParserContext {
183    const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	cur	: the current char being parsed
184    const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	base	: the full expression
185    int	error	: error code
186    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a>	context	: the evaluation context
187    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	value	: the current value
188    int	valueNr	: number of values stacked
189    int	valueMax	: max number of values stacked
190    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> *	valueTab	: stack of values
191    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a>	comp	: the precompiled expression
192    int	xptr	: it this an XPointer expression
193    <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a>	ancestor	: used for walking preceding axis
194}</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathType" id="xmlXPathType">Structure xmlXPathType</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlXPathType<br />struct _xmlXPathType {
195    const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	name	: the type name
196    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathConvertFunc">xmlXPathConvertFunc</a>	func	: the conversion function
197}</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathVariable" id="xmlXPathVariable">Structure xmlXPathVariable</a></h3><pre class="programlisting">Structure xmlXPathVariable<br />struct _xmlXPathVariable {
198    const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	name	: the variable name
199    <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	value	: the value
200}</pre><h3><a name="xmlXPathAxisFunc" id="xmlXPathAxisFunc"></a>Function type: xmlXPathAxisFunc</h3><pre class="programlisting">Function type: xmlXPathAxisFunc
201<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	xmlXPathAxisFunc	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />						 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> cur)
202</pre><p>An axis traversal function. To traverse an axis, the engine calls the first time with cur == NULL and repeat until the function returns NULL indicating the end of the axis traversal.</p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath interpreter context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>cur</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the previous node being explored on that axis</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the next node in that axis or NULL if at the end of the axis.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />
203<h3><a name="xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber" id="xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber</h3><pre class="programlisting">double	xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber	(int val)<br />
204</pre><p>Converts a boolean to its number value</p>
205<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a boolean</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastBooleanToString" id="xmlXPathCastBooleanToString"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastBooleanToString</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	xmlXPathCastBooleanToString	(int val)<br />
206</pre><p>Converts a boolean to its string value.</p>
207<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a boolean</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a newly allocated string.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean" id="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean</h3><pre class="programlisting">int	xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)<br />
208</pre><p>Converts a node-set to its boolean value</p>
209<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a node-set</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the boolean value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber" id="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber</h3><pre class="programlisting">double	xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)<br />
210</pre><p>Converts a node-set to its number value</p>
211<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a node-set</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString" id="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)<br />
212</pre><p>Converts a node-set to its string value.</p>
213<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a node-set</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a newly allocated string.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber" id="xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber</h3><pre class="programlisting">double	xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber	(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node)<br />
214</pre><p>Converts a node to its number value</p>
215<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>node</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a node</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastNodeToString" id="xmlXPathCastNodeToString"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastNodeToString</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	xmlXPathCastNodeToString	(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node)<br />
216</pre><p>Converts a node to its string value.</p>
217<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>node</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a node</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a newly allocated string.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean" id="xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean</h3><pre class="programlisting">int	xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean	(double val)<br />
218</pre><p>Converts a number to its boolean value</p>
219<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a number</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the boolean value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastNumberToString" id="xmlXPathCastNumberToString"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastNumberToString</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	xmlXPathCastNumberToString	(double val)<br />
220</pre><p>Converts a number to its string value.</p>
221<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a number</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a newly allocated string.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean" id="xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean</h3><pre class="programlisting">int	xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * val)<br />
222</pre><p>Converts a string to its boolean value</p>
223<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a string</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the boolean value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastStringToNumber" id="xmlXPathCastStringToNumber"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastStringToNumber</h3><pre class="programlisting">double	xmlXPathCastStringToNumber	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * val)<br />
224</pre><p>Converts a string to its number value</p>
225<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a string</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastToBoolean" id="xmlXPathCastToBoolean"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastToBoolean</h3><pre class="programlisting">int	xmlXPathCastToBoolean		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br />
226</pre><p>Converts an XPath object to its boolean value</p>
227<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath object</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the boolean value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastToNumber" id="xmlXPathCastToNumber"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastToNumber</h3><pre class="programlisting">double	xmlXPathCastToNumber		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br />
228</pre><p>Converts an XPath object to its number value</p>
229<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath object</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number value</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCastToString" id="xmlXPathCastToString"></a>Function: xmlXPathCastToString</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> *	xmlXPathCastToString	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br />
230</pre><p>Converts an existing object to its string() equivalent</p>
231<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath object</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the string value of the object, NULL in case of error. A new string is allocated only if needed (@val isn't a string object).</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCmpNodes" id="xmlXPathCmpNodes"></a>Function: xmlXPathCmpNodes</h3><pre class="programlisting">int	xmlXPathCmpNodes		(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node1, <br />					 <a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node2)<br />
232</pre><p>Compare two nodes w.r.t document order</p>
233<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>node1</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the first node</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>node2</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the second node</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-2 in case of error 1 if first point &lt; second point, 0 if it's the same node, -1 otherwise</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCompile" id="xmlXPathCompile"></a>Function: xmlXPathCompile</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a>	xmlXPathCompile	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str)<br />
234</pre><p>Compile an XPath expression</p>
235<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath expression</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> resulting from the compilation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCompiledEval" id="xmlXPathCompiledEval"></a>Function: xmlXPathCompiledEval</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	xmlXPathCompiledEval	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp, <br />						 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx)<br />
236</pre><p>Evaluate the Precompiled XPath expression in the given context.</p>
237<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the compiled XPath expression</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> resulting from the evaluation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathConvertBoolean" id="xmlXPathConvertBoolean"></a>Function: xmlXPathConvertBoolean</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	xmlXPathConvertBoolean	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br />
238</pre><p>Converts an existing object to its boolean() equivalent</p>
239<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath object</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the new object, the old one is freed (or the operation is done directly on @val)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathConvertFunc" id="xmlXPathConvertFunc"></a>Function type: xmlXPathConvertFunc</h3><pre class="programlisting">Function type: xmlXPathConvertFunc
240int	xmlXPathConvertFunc		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj, <br />					 int type)
241</pre><p>A conversion function is associated to a type and used to cast the new type to primitive values.</p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>obj</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath object</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>type</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number of the target type</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-1 in case of error, 0 otherwise</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />
242<h3><a name="xmlXPathConvertNumber" id="xmlXPathConvertNumber"></a>Function: xmlXPathConvertNumber</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	xmlXPathConvertNumber	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br />
243</pre><p>Converts an existing object to its number() equivalent</p>
244<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath object</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the new object, the old one is freed (or the operation is done directly on @val)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathConvertString" id="xmlXPathConvertString"></a>Function: xmlXPathConvertString</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	xmlXPathConvertString	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br />
245</pre><p>Converts an existing object to its string() equivalent</p>
246<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath object</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the new object, the old one is freed (or the operation is done directly on @val)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathCtxtCompile" id="xmlXPathCtxtCompile"></a>Function: xmlXPathCtxtCompile</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a>	xmlXPathCtxtCompile	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />						 const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str)<br />
247</pre><p>Compile an XPath expression</p>
248<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath expression</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> resulting from the compilation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathEval" id="xmlXPathEval"></a>Function: xmlXPathEval</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	xmlXPathEval	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br />					 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx)<br />
249</pre><p>Evaluate the XPath Location Path in the given context.</p>
250<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath expression</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> resulting from the evaluation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathEvalExpression" id="xmlXPathEvalExpression"></a>Function: xmlXPathEvalExpression</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	xmlXPathEvalExpression	(const <a href="libxml-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br />						 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt)<br />
251</pre><p>Evaluate the XPath expression in the given context.</p>
252<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath expression</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> resulting from the evaluation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathEvalFunc" id="xmlXPathEvalFunc"></a>Function type: xmlXPathEvalFunc</h3><pre class="programlisting">Function type: xmlXPathEvalFunc
253void	xmlXPathEvalFunc		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />					 int nargs)
254</pre><p>An XPath evaluation function, the parameters are on the XPath context stack.</p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPath parser context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>nargs</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number of arguments passed to the function</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />
255<h3><a name="xmlXPathEvalPredicate" id="xmlXPathEvalPredicate"></a>Function: xmlXPathEvalPredicate</h3><pre class="programlisting">int	xmlXPathEvalPredicate		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />					 <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> res)<br />
256</pre><p>Evaluate a predicate result for the current node. A PredicateExpr is evaluated by evaluating the Expr and converting the result to a boolean. If the result is a number, the result will be converted to true if the number is equal to the position of the context node in the context node list (as returned by the position function) and will be converted to false otherwise; if the result is not a number, then the result will be converted as if by a call to the boolean function.</p>
257<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>res</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the Predicate Expression evaluation result</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>1 if predicate is true, 0 otherwise</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathFreeCompExpr" id="xmlXPathFreeCompExpr"></a>Function: xmlXPathFreeCompExpr</h3><pre class="programlisting">void	xmlXPathFreeCompExpr		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp)<br />
258</pre><p>Free up the memory allocated by @comp</p>
259<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an XPATH comp</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathFreeContext" id="xmlXPathFreeContext"></a>Function: xmlXPathFreeContext</h3><pre class="programlisting">void	xmlXPathFreeContext		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt)<br />
260</pre><p>Free up an <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a></p>
261<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the context to free</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathFreeNodeSet" id="xmlXPathFreeNodeSet"></a>Function: xmlXPathFreeNodeSet</h3><pre class="programlisting">void	xmlXPathFreeNodeSet		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> obj)<br />
262</pre><p>Free the NodeSet compound (not the actual nodes !).</p>
263<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>obj</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> to free</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList" id="xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList"></a>Function: xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList</h3><pre class="programlisting">void	xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj)<br />
264</pre><p>Free up the <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> @obj but don't deallocate the objects in the list contrary to xmlXPathFreeObject().</p>
265<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>obj</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an existing NodeSetList object</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathFreeObject" id="xmlXPathFreeObject"></a>Function: xmlXPathFreeObject</h3><pre class="programlisting">void	xmlXPathFreeObject		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj)<br />
266</pre><p>Free up an <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> object.</p>
267<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>obj</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the object to free</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathFunction" id="xmlXPathFunction"></a>Function type: xmlXPathFunction</h3><pre class="programlisting">Function type: xmlXPathFunction
268void	xmlXPathFunction		(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br />					 int nargs)
269</pre><p>An XPath function. The arguments (if any) are popped out from the context stack and the result is pushed on the stack.</p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XPath interprestation context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>nargs</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number of arguments</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />
270<h3><a name="xmlXPathInit" id="xmlXPathInit"></a>Function: xmlXPathInit</h3><pre class="programlisting">void	xmlXPathInit			(void)<br />
271</pre><p>Initialize the XPath environment</p>
272<h3><a name="xmlXPathIsInf" id="xmlXPathIsInf"></a>Function: xmlXPathIsInf</h3><pre class="programlisting">int	xmlXPathIsInf			(double val)<br />
273</pre><p>Provides a portable isinf() function to detect whether a double is a +Infinite or -Infinite. Based on trio code http://sourceforge.net/projects/ctrio/</p>
274<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a double value</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>1 vi the value is +Infinite, -1 if -Infinite, 0 otherwise</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathIsNaN" id="xmlXPathIsNaN"></a>Function: xmlXPathIsNaN</h3><pre class="programlisting">int	xmlXPathIsNaN			(double val)<br />
275</pre><p>Provides a portable isnan() function to detect whether a double is a NotaNumber. Based on trio code http://sourceforge.net/projects/ctrio/</p>
276<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a double value</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>1 if the value is a NaN, 0 otherwise</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathNewContext" id="xmlXPathNewContext"></a>Function: xmlXPathNewContext</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a>	xmlXPathNewContext	(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc)<br />
277</pre><p>Create a new <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a></p>
278<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>doc</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the XML document</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a> just allocated. The caller will need to free it.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathNodeSetCreate" id="xmlXPathNodeSetCreate"></a>Function: xmlXPathNodeSetCreate</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a>	xmlXPathNodeSetCreate	(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> val)<br />
279</pre><p>Create a new <a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> of type double and of value @val</p>
280<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an initial xmlNodePtr, or NULL</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the newly created object.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathObjectCopy" id="xmlXPathObjectCopy"></a>Function: xmlXPathObjectCopy</h3><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>	xmlXPathObjectCopy	(<a href="libxml-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br />
281</pre><p>allocate a new copy of a given object</p>
282<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the original object</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the newly created object.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3><a name="xmlXPathOrderDocElems" id="xmlXPathOrderDocElems"></a>Function: xmlXPathOrderDocElems</h3><pre class="programlisting">long	xmlXPathOrderDocElems		(<a href="libxml-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc)<br />
283</pre><p>Call this routine to speed up XPath computation on static documents. This stamps all the element nodes with the document order Like for line information, the order is kept in the element-&gt;content field, the value stored is actually - the node number (starting at -1) to be able to differentiate from line numbers.</p>
284<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" /><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>doc</tt></i>:</span></td><td>an input document</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number of elements found in the document or -1 in case of error.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><a href="/bugs.html">Daniel Veillard</a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></body></html>
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