XPath 常用表达式

Here are some examples of patterns:

• para matches any para element

• * matches any element

• chapter|appendix matches any chapter element and any appendix element

• olist/item matches any item element with an olist parent

• appendix//para matches any para element with an appendix ancestor element

• / matches the root node

• text() matches any text node

• processing-instruction() matches any processing instruction

• node() matches any node other than an attribute node and the root node

• id("W11") matches the element with unique ID W11

• para[1] matches any para element that is the first para child element of its parent

• *[position()=1 and self::para] matches any para element that is the first child element of its parent

• para[last()=1] matches any para element that is the only para child element of its parent

• items/item[position()>1] matches any item element that has a items parent and that is not the first item child of its parent

• item[position() mod 2 = 1] would be true for any item element that is an odd-numbered item child of its parent.

• div[@class="appendix"]//p matches any p element with a div ancestor element that has a class attribute with value appendix

• @class matches any class attribute (not any element that has a class attribute)

• @* matches any attribute