Section 25.330. XPathExpression: a compiled XPath query

25.330. XPathExpression: a compiled XPath query

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25.330.1. Methods

evaluate( )

Evaluates this expression for a specified context node.

25.330.2. Description

An XPathExpression object is a compiled representation of an XPath query, returned by Document.createExpression( ). Evaluate the expression against a particular document node with the evaluate( ) method. If you need to evaluate an XPath query only once, you can use Document.evaluate( ), which compiles and evaluates the expression in a single step.

Internet Explorer does not support the XPathExpression object. For IE-specific XPath methods, see Node.selectNodes( ) and Node.selectSingleNode( ).

25.330.3. See Also

Document.createExpression( )

Document.evaluate( )

Node.selectNodes( )

Node.selectSingleNode( )

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