Re: [xml-dev] API for rewriting XPath

["Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@codalogic.com>]

Or Perl :-)

@steps = split |/|, $in;
@steps = reverse @steps;
$out = join '[parent::', @steps;
$out .= ']' x $#steps;

N.B. I didn't test it because I figure you're unlikely to use it!

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@gmail.com>
To: <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>; <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] API for rewriting XPath



This can be done in pure XSLT.


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On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:03 AM,  <rjelliffe@allette.com.au> wrote:
> Does anyone know of an API or program for re-writing XPaths?
>
> The particular re-write I want is not the usual one of removing forward
> axes--there are several libraries for that--but of getting an XPath with
> the final location step as the first step.
>
> I.e.
>
> input:
> a/b/c[@d]/e[@f]
>
> output:
> e[@f][parent::c[@d][parent::b[parent::a]]]
>
> Any pointers?
>
> Cheers
> Rick
>
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