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Re: [XOM-interest] Retrieving the path from root of an Element

From: Michael Kay <mike AT saxonica.com>
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Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Retrieving the path from root of an Element
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:51:44 +0100

On 11/07/2012 12:34, Benoît Thiébault wrote:

I would have prefered that function to be included in XOM... Isn't there
another way?

Yes, there is another way. Use the XPath 2.0 expression

string-join(ancestor-or-self::*/name(), '/')

(You can run XPath 2.0 against XOM by using Saxon as your XPath engine).

Michael Kay
Saxonica

[XOM-interest] Retrieving the path from root of an Element, Benoît Thiébault, 07/11/2012
- Re: [XOM-interest] Retrieving the path from root of an Element, Benoît Thiébault, 07/11/2012
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Retrieving the path from root of an Element, Michael Kay, 07/11/2012
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Retrieving the path from root of an Element, Benoît Thiébault, 07/11/2012
      - Re: [XOM-interest] Retrieving the path from root of an Element, Michael Kay, 07/11/2012
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Retrieving the path from root of an Element, Benoît Thiébault, 07/11/2012