Re: [xml] direct Api to obtain specific child node

["Aaron Patterson" <aaron patterson gmail com>]

2008/9/19 Prashanth R <ramapra gmail com>:
> Is there a direct API ( without me writing code to iterate over xmlnodePtr
> objects to find a node with a specific name )
>
> Consider this example
> <top>
>    <elementA></elementA>
>   <elementB></elementB>
>   <elementZ></elementZ>
> </top>
>
> Say I have an xmlNodePtr instance that corresponds to the element - <top>
> Now is there a directway of obtaining a ElementZ
> Is there an API like this
>
> xmlNodePtr GetChildNodePtr(xmlNodePtr top, const char *childName)
>
> that will return me a reference to element Z
>
> Do i have to iterate thru elements to decide if there is a match ?

Have you tried using the XPath API?


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