> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dimiter Naydenov [mailto:bluelight@omega.bg]
> Sent: 05 July 2001 12:49
> To: xml-dev
> Subject: XPath implementation
>
>
> Hello,
>
> After some reading and research, a could not find a XPath
> implementation in
> W3C's XML DOM. It is used only as part of the XSLT-processor.
> So this means
> that there is no function or interface-method that is in the
> XML DOM to
> parse XPath and return the node. Am I right ? If so, maybe I
> will have to
> write a XPath parser myself or use one if available.
You are right, but W3 is currently working on it see:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20010618/
>
> Because the project I'm working on is going to be platform
> independant, I
> wanted to use something standard as XML DOM interface-method.
> Can anyone
> recommend a XPath parser with such capabilities (to work on
> Win32, nix*-es,
> etc.) ?
The following XSLT engines have Java classes you can use to return a node and use in your application.
a. http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/index.html
b. http://users.iclway.co.uk/mhkay/saxon/
There may be others but we have not tried them.
I think there are also some stand alone xpath engines, but you will have to search the web for them.
Peter
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