---
name: "XML::DOM::XPath"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libxml-dom-xpath-perl"
version: "0.14-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XML::DOM::XPath"
---

# XML::DOM::XPath(3pm)

Perl extension to add XPath support to XML::DOM, using XML::XPath engine

## NAME

XML::DOM::XPath - Perl extension to add XPath support to XML::DOM, using XML::XPath engine

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use XML::DOM::XPath;
  my $parser= XML::DOM::Parser->new();
  my $doc = $parser->parsefile ("file.xml");
  # print all HREF attributes of all CODEBASE elements
  # compare with the XML::DOM version to see how much easier it is to use
  my @nodes = $doc->findnodes( '//CODEBASE[@HREF]/@HREF');
  print $_->getValue, "\n" foreach (@nodes);
```

## DESCRIPTION

XML::DOM::XPath allows you to use XML::XPath methods to query a DOM. This is often much easier than relying only on getElementsByTagName.

It lets you use all of the XML::DOM methods.

## METHODS

Those methods can be applied to a whole dom object or to a node.

### findnodes($path)

return a list of nodes found by `$path`.

### findnodes\_as\_string($path)

return the nodes found reproduced as XML. The result is not guaranteed to be valid XML though.

### findvalue($path)

return the concatenation of the text content of the result nodes

### exists($path)

return true if the given path exists.

### matches($path)

return true if the node matches the path.

## SEE ALSO

```
  XML::DOM
  XML::XPathEngine
```

## AUTHOR

Michel Rodriguez, mirod@cpan.org

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2003 by Michel Rodriguez

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.