XPATH Java String / glob matching
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:09 pm
Hi,
Two questions. For the following XML snippet:
<slide>
<item>running</item>
<item>hi</item>
<item>40</item>
</slide>
//item[.='hi']
Will return the item node with text hi.
But, (using Java):
String s = "hi";
//item[.=s]
does not work. How do I get a Java string value in there?
Also - re matching, if the user enters a*b?c I need to return any values where * = one or more char matching and ? = exactly one char matching. I believe this is called Glob matching. Any way to do this using XML/XPath. Not sure about using XSLT within Java, but I suppose that is also a possibility.
All advice appreciated.
Thanks
Laura
Two questions. For the following XML snippet:
<slide>
<item>running</item>
<item>hi</item>
<item>40</item>
</slide>
//item[.='hi']
Will return the item node with text hi.
But, (using Java):
String s = "hi";
//item[.=s]
does not work. How do I get a Java string value in there?
Also - re matching, if the user enters a*b?c I need to return any values where * = one or more char matching and ? = exactly one char matching. I believe this is called Glob matching. Any way to do this using XML/XPath. Not sure about using XSLT within Java, but I suppose that is also a possibility.
All advice appreciated.
Thanks
Laura