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26#define <a href="#XML_XPATH_NOVAR">XML_XPATH_NOVAR</a>; 27#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength">xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength</a>(ns); 28#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty">xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty</a>(ns); 29#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetItem">xmlXPathNodeSetItem</a>(ns, index); 30typedef struct _xmlNodeSet <a href="#xmlNodeSet">xmlNodeSet</a>; 31typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSet">xmlNodeSet</a> * <a href="#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a>; 32typedef struct _xmlXPathAxis <a href="#xmlXPathAxis">xmlXPathAxis</a>; 33typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathAxis">xmlXPathAxis</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathAxisPtr">xmlXPathAxisPtr</a>; 34typedef struct _xmlXPathCompExpr <a href="#xmlXPathCompExpr">xmlXPathCompExpr</a>; 35typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExpr">xmlXPathCompExpr</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a>; 36typedef struct _xmlXPathContext <a href="#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a>; 37typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a>; 38typedef enum <a href="#xmlXPathError">xmlXPathError</a>; 39typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathFunct">xmlXPathFunct</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathFuncPtr">xmlXPathFuncPtr</a>; 40typedef struct _xmlXPathFunct <a href="#xmlXPathFunct">xmlXPathFunct</a>; 41typedef struct _xmlXPathObject <a href="#xmlXPathObject">xmlXPathObject</a>; 42typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObject">xmlXPathObject</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a>; 43typedef enum <a href="#xmlXPathObjectType">xmlXPathObjectType</a>; 44typedef struct _xmlXPathParserContext <a href="#xmlXPathParserContext">xmlXPathParserContext</a>; 45typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContext">xmlXPathParserContext</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a>; 46typedef struct _xmlXPathType <a href="#xmlXPathType">xmlXPathType</a>; 47typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathType">xmlXPathType</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathTypePtr">xmlXPathTypePtr</a>; 48typedef struct _xmlXPathVariable <a href="#xmlXPathVariable">xmlXPathVariable</a>; 49typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathVariable">xmlXPathVariable</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathVariablePtr">xmlXPathVariablePtr</a>; 50typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathAxisFunc">xmlXPathAxisFunc</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> cur); 51double <a href="#xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber">xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber</a> (int val); 52<a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathCastBooleanToString">xmlXPathCastBooleanToString</a> (int val); 53int <a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean">xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns); 54double <a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber">xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns); 55<a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString">xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns); 56double <a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber">xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node); 57<a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathCastNodeToString">xmlXPathCastNodeToString</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node); 58int <a href="#xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean">xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean</a> (double val); 59<a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathCastNumberToString">xmlXPathCastNumberToString</a> (double val); 60int <a href="#xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean">xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean</a> (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * val); 61double <a href="#xmlXPathCastStringToNumber">xmlXPathCastStringToNumber</a> (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * val); 62int <a href="#xmlXPathCastToBoolean">xmlXPathCastToBoolean</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val); 63double <a href="#xmlXPathCastToNumber">xmlXPathCastToNumber</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val); 64<a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * <a href="#xmlXPathCastToString">xmlXPathCastToString</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val); 65int <a href="#xmlXPathCmpNodes">xmlXPathCmpNodes</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node1, <br> <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node2); 66<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathCompile">xmlXPathCompile</a> (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str); 67<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathCompiledEval">xmlXPathCompiledEval</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx); 68int <a href="#xmlXPathCompiledEvalToBoolean">xmlXPathCompiledEvalToBoolean</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt); 69int <a href="#xmlXPathContextSetCache">xmlXPathContextSetCache</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> int active, <br> int value, <br> int options); 70<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathConvertBoolean">xmlXPathConvertBoolean</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val); 71typedef int <a href="#xmlXPathConvertFunc">xmlXPathConvertFunc</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj, <br> int type); 72<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathConvertNumber">xmlXPathConvertNumber</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val); 73<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathConvertString">xmlXPathConvertString</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val); 74<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathCtxtCompile">xmlXPathCtxtCompile</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str); 75<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathEval">xmlXPathEval</a> (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx); 76<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathEvalExpression">xmlXPathEvalExpression</a> (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt); 77typedef void <a href="#xmlXPathEvalFunc">xmlXPathEvalFunc</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> int nargs); 78int <a href="#xmlXPathEvalPredicate">xmlXPathEvalPredicate</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> res); 79void <a href="#xmlXPathFreeCompExpr">xmlXPathFreeCompExpr</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp); 80void <a href="#xmlXPathFreeContext">xmlXPathFreeContext</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt); 81void <a href="#xmlXPathFreeNodeSet">xmlXPathFreeNodeSet</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> obj); 82void <a href="#xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList">xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj); 83void <a href="#xmlXPathFreeObject">xmlXPathFreeObject</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj); 84typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathFunction">xmlXPathFunction</a> <a href="#xmlXPathFuncLookupFunc">xmlXPathFuncLookupFunc</a> (void * ctxt, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * ns_uri); 85typedef void <a href="#xmlXPathFunction">xmlXPathFunction</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> int nargs); 86void <a href="#xmlXPathInit">xmlXPathInit</a> (void); 87int <a href="#xmlXPathIsInf">xmlXPathIsInf</a> (double val); 88int <a href="#xmlXPathIsNaN">xmlXPathIsNaN</a> (double val); 89<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathNewContext">xmlXPathNewContext</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc); 90<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathNodeEval">xmlXPathNodeEval</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx); 91<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetCreate">xmlXPathNodeSetCreate</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> val); 92<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathObjectCopy">xmlXPathObjectCopy</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val); 93long <a href="#xmlXPathOrderDocElems">xmlXPathOrderDocElems</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc); 94int <a href="#xmlXPathSetContextNode">xmlXPathSetContextNode</a> (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx); 95void <a href="#xmlXPathSetErrorHandler">xmlXPathSetErrorHandler</a> (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-xmlerror.html#xmlStructuredErrorFunc">xmlStructuredErrorFunc</a> handler, <br> void * data); 96typedef <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> <a href="#xmlXPathVariableLookupFunc">xmlXPathVariableLookupFunc</a> (void * ctxt, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * ns_uri); 97</pre> 98</div> 99<div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>Description</h2></div> 100<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 101<h2>Details</h2> 102<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 103<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 104<h3> 105<a name="XML_XPATH_CHECKNS">Macro </a>XML_XPATH_CHECKNS</h3> 106<pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#XML_XPATH_CHECKNS">XML_XPATH_CHECKNS</a>; 107</pre> 108<p>check namespaces at compilation</p> 109</div> 110<hr> 111<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 112<h3> 113<a name="XML_XPATH_NOVAR">Macro </a>XML_XPATH_NOVAR</h3> 114<pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#XML_XPATH_NOVAR">XML_XPATH_NOVAR</a>; 115</pre> 116<p>forbid variables in expression</p> 117</div> 118<hr> 119<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 120<h3> 121<a name="xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength">Macro </a>xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength</h3> 122<pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength">xmlXPathNodeSetGetLength</a>(ns); 123</pre> 124<p>Implement a functionality similar to the DOM NodeList.length. Returns the number of nodes in the node-set.</p> 125<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 126<col align="left"> 127<tbody><tr> 128<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td> 129<td>a node-set</td> 130</tr></tbody> 131</table></div> 132</div> 133<hr> 134<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 135<h3> 136<a name="xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty">Macro </a>xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty</h3> 137<pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty">xmlXPathNodeSetIsEmpty</a>(ns); 138</pre> 139<p>Checks whether @ns is empty or not. Returns %TRUE if @ns is an empty node-set.</p> 140<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 141<col align="left"> 142<tbody><tr> 143<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td> 144<td>a node-set</td> 145</tr></tbody> 146</table></div> 147</div> 148<hr> 149<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 150<h3> 151<a name="xmlXPathNodeSetItem">Macro </a>xmlXPathNodeSetItem</h3> 152<pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#xmlXPathNodeSetItem">xmlXPathNodeSetItem</a>(ns, index); 153</pre> 154<p>Implements a functionality similar to the DOM NodeList.item(). Returns the <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> at the given @index in @ns or NULL if @index is out of range (0 to length-1)</p> 155<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 156<col align="left"> 157<tbody> 158<tr> 159<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td> 160<td>a node-set</td> 161</tr> 162<tr> 163<td><span class="term"><i><tt>index</tt></i>:</span></td> 164<td>index of a node in the set</td> 165</tr> 166</tbody> 167</table></div> 168</div> 169<hr> 170<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 171<h3> 172<a name="xmlNodeSet">Structure </a>xmlNodeSet</h3> 173<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlNodeSet { 174 int nodeNr : number of nodes in the set 175 int nodeMax : size of the array as allocated 176 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> * nodeTab : array of nodes in no particular order @@ with_ns to check whether nam 177} xmlNodeSet; 178</pre> 179<p></p> 180</div> 181<hr> 182<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 183<h3> 184<a name="xmlNodeSetPtr">Typedef </a>xmlNodeSetPtr</h3> 185<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSet">xmlNodeSet</a> * xmlNodeSetPtr; 186</pre> 187<p></p> 188</div> 189<hr> 190<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 191<h3> 192<a name="xmlXPathAxis">Structure </a>xmlXPathAxis</h3> 193<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlXPathAxis { 194 const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name : the axis name 195 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathAxisFunc">xmlXPathAxisFunc</a> func : the search function 196} xmlXPathAxis; 197</pre> 198<p></p> 199</div> 200<hr> 201<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 202<h3> 203<a name="xmlXPathAxisPtr">Typedef </a>xmlXPathAxisPtr</h3> 204<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathAxis">xmlXPathAxis</a> * xmlXPathAxisPtr; 205</pre> 206<p></p> 207</div> 208<hr> 209<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 210<h3> 211<a name="xmlXPathCompExpr">Structure </a>xmlXPathCompExpr</h3> 212<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlXPathCompExpr { 213The content of this structure is not made public by the API. 214} xmlXPathCompExpr; 215</pre> 216<p></p> 217</div> 218<hr> 219<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 220<h3> 221<a name="xmlXPathCompExprPtr">Typedef </a>xmlXPathCompExprPtr</h3> 222<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExpr">xmlXPathCompExpr</a> * xmlXPathCompExprPtr; 223</pre> 224<p></p> 225</div> 226<hr> 227<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 228<h3> 229<a name="xmlXPathContext">Structure </a>xmlXPathContext</h3> 230<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlXPathContext { 231 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc : The current document 232 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node : The current node 233 int nb_variables_unused : unused (hash table) 234 int max_variables_unused : unused (hash table) 235 <a href="libxml2-hash.html#xmlHashTablePtr">xmlHashTablePtr</a> varHash : Hash table of defined variables 236 int nb_types : number of defined types 237 int max_types : max number of types 238 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathTypePtr">xmlXPathTypePtr</a> types : Array of defined types 239 int nb_funcs_unused : unused (hash table) 240 int max_funcs_unused : unused (hash table) 241 <a href="libxml2-hash.html#xmlHashTablePtr">xmlHashTablePtr</a> funcHash : Hash table of defined funcs 242 int nb_axis : number of defined axis 243 int max_axis : max number of axis 244 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathAxisPtr">xmlXPathAxisPtr</a> axis : Array of defined axis the namespace nodes of the context node 245 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNsPtr">xmlNsPtr</a> * namespaces : Array of namespaces 246 int nsNr : number of namespace in scope 247 void * user : function to free extra variables 248 int contextSize : the context size 249 int proximityPosition : the proximity position extra stuff for XPointer 250 int xptr : is this an XPointer context? 251 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> here : for here() 252 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> origin : for origin() the set of namespace declarations in scope for the expre 253 <a href="libxml2-hash.html#xmlHashTablePtr">xmlHashTablePtr</a> nsHash : The namespaces hash table 254 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathVariableLookupFunc">xmlXPathVariableLookupFunc</a> varLookupFunc : variable lookup func 255 void * varLookupData : variable lookup data Possibility to link in an extra item 256 void * extra : needed for XSLT The function name and URI when calling a function 257 const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * function 258 const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * functionURI : function lookup function and data 259 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathFuncLookupFunc">xmlXPathFuncLookupFunc</a> funcLookupFunc : function lookup func 260 void * funcLookupData : function lookup data temporary namespace lists kept for walking the n 261 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNsPtr">xmlNsPtr</a> * tmpNsList : Array of namespaces 262 int tmpNsNr : number of namespaces in scope error reporting mechanism 263 void * userData : user specific data block 264 <a href="libxml2-xmlerror.html#xmlStructuredErrorFunc">xmlStructuredErrorFunc</a> error : the callback in case of errors 265 <a href="libxml2-xmlerror.html#xmlError">xmlError</a> lastError : the last error 266 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> debugNode : the source node XSLT dictionary 267 <a href="libxml2-dict.html#xmlDictPtr">xmlDictPtr</a> dict : dictionary if any 268 int flags : flags to control compilation Cache for reusal of XPath objects 269 void * cache : Resource limits 270 unsigned long opLimit 271 unsigned long opCount 272 int depth 273} xmlXPathContext; 274</pre> 275<p></p> 276</div> 277<hr> 278<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 279<h3> 280<a name="xmlXPathContextPtr">Typedef </a>xmlXPathContextPtr</h3> 281<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a> * xmlXPathContextPtr; 282</pre> 283<p></p> 284</div> 285<hr> 286<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 287<h3> 288<a name="xmlXPathError">Enum </a>xmlXPathError</h3> 289<pre class="programlisting">enum <a href="#xmlXPathError">xmlXPathError</a> { 290 <a name="XPATH_EXPRESSION_OK">XPATH_EXPRESSION_OK</a> = 0 291 <a name="XPATH_NUMBER_ERROR">XPATH_NUMBER_ERROR</a> = 1 292 <a name="XPATH_UNFINISHED_LITERAL_ERROR">XPATH_UNFINISHED_LITERAL_ERROR</a> = 2 293 <a name="XPATH_START_LITERAL_ERROR">XPATH_START_LITERAL_ERROR</a> = 3 294 <a name="XPATH_VARIABLE_REF_ERROR">XPATH_VARIABLE_REF_ERROR</a> = 4 295 <a name="XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR">XPATH_UNDEF_VARIABLE_ERROR</a> = 5 296 <a name="XPATH_INVALID_PREDICATE_ERROR">XPATH_INVALID_PREDICATE_ERROR</a> = 6 297 <a name="XPATH_EXPR_ERROR">XPATH_EXPR_ERROR</a> = 7 298 <a name="XPATH_UNCLOSED_ERROR">XPATH_UNCLOSED_ERROR</a> = 8 299 <a name="XPATH_UNKNOWN_FUNC_ERROR">XPATH_UNKNOWN_FUNC_ERROR</a> = 9 300 <a name="XPATH_INVALID_OPERAND">XPATH_INVALID_OPERAND</a> = 10 301 <a name="XPATH_INVALID_TYPE">XPATH_INVALID_TYPE</a> = 11 302 <a name="XPATH_INVALID_ARITY">XPATH_INVALID_ARITY</a> = 12 303 <a name="XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_SIZE">XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_SIZE</a> = 13 304 <a name="XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_POSITION">XPATH_INVALID_CTXT_POSITION</a> = 14 305 <a name="XPATH_MEMORY_ERROR">XPATH_MEMORY_ERROR</a> = 15 306 <a name="XPTR_SYNTAX_ERROR">XPTR_SYNTAX_ERROR</a> = 16 307 <a name="XPTR_RESOURCE_ERROR">XPTR_RESOURCE_ERROR</a> = 17 308 <a name="XPTR_SUB_RESOURCE_ERROR">XPTR_SUB_RESOURCE_ERROR</a> = 18 309 <a name="XPATH_UNDEF_PREFIX_ERROR">XPATH_UNDEF_PREFIX_ERROR</a> = 19 310 <a name="XPATH_ENCODING_ERROR">XPATH_ENCODING_ERROR</a> = 20 311 <a name="XPATH_INVALID_CHAR_ERROR">XPATH_INVALID_CHAR_ERROR</a> = 21 312 <a name="XPATH_INVALID_CTXT">XPATH_INVALID_CTXT</a> = 22 313 <a name="XPATH_STACK_ERROR">XPATH_STACK_ERROR</a> = 23 314 <a name="XPATH_FORBID_VARIABLE_ERROR">XPATH_FORBID_VARIABLE_ERROR</a> = 24 315 <a name="XPATH_OP_LIMIT_EXCEEDED">XPATH_OP_LIMIT_EXCEEDED</a> = 25 316 <a name="XPATH_RECURSION_LIMIT_EXCEEDED">XPATH_RECURSION_LIMIT_EXCEEDED</a> = 26 317}; 318</pre> 319<p></p> 320</div> 321<hr> 322<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 323<h3> 324<a name="xmlXPathFuncPtr">Typedef </a>xmlXPathFuncPtr</h3> 325<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathFunct">xmlXPathFunct</a> * xmlXPathFuncPtr; 326</pre> 327<p></p> 328</div> 329<hr> 330<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 331<h3> 332<a name="xmlXPathFunct">Structure </a>xmlXPathFunct</h3> 333<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlXPathFunct { 334 const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name : the function name 335 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathEvalFunc">xmlXPathEvalFunc</a> func : the evaluation function 336} xmlXPathFunct; 337</pre> 338<p></p> 339</div> 340<hr> 341<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 342<h3> 343<a name="xmlXPathObject">Structure </a>xmlXPathObject</h3> 344<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlXPathObject { 345 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectType">xmlXPathObjectType</a> type 346 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> nodesetval 347 int boolval 348 double floatval 349 <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * stringval 350 void * user 351 int index 352 void * user2 353 int index2 354} xmlXPathObject; 355</pre> 356<p></p> 357</div> 358<hr> 359<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 360<h3> 361<a name="xmlXPathObjectPtr">Typedef </a>xmlXPathObjectPtr</h3> 362<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObject">xmlXPathObject</a> * xmlXPathObjectPtr; 363</pre> 364<p></p> 365</div> 366<hr> 367<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 368<h3> 369<a name="xmlXPathObjectType">Enum </a>xmlXPathObjectType</h3> 370<pre class="programlisting">enum <a href="#xmlXPathObjectType">xmlXPathObjectType</a> { 371 <a name="XPATH_UNDEFINED">XPATH_UNDEFINED</a> = 0 372 <a name="XPATH_NODESET">XPATH_NODESET</a> = 1 373 <a name="XPATH_BOOLEAN">XPATH_BOOLEAN</a> = 2 374 <a name="XPATH_NUMBER">XPATH_NUMBER</a> = 3 375 <a name="XPATH_STRING">XPATH_STRING</a> = 4 376 <a name="XPATH_POINT">XPATH_POINT</a> = 5 377 <a name="XPATH_RANGE">XPATH_RANGE</a> = 6 378 <a name="XPATH_LOCATIONSET">XPATH_LOCATIONSET</a> = 7 379 <a name="XPATH_USERS">XPATH_USERS</a> = 8 380 <a name="XPATH_XSLT_TREE">XPATH_XSLT_TREE</a> = 9 /* An XSLT value tree, non modifiable */ 381}; 382</pre> 383<p></p> 384</div> 385<hr> 386<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 387<h3> 388<a name="xmlXPathParserContext">Structure </a>xmlXPathParserContext</h3> 389<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlXPathParserContext { 390 const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * cur : the current char being parsed 391 const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * base : the full expression 392 int error : error code 393 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> context : the evaluation context 394 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> value : the current value 395 int valueNr : number of values stacked 396 int valueMax : max number of values stacked 397 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> * valueTab : stack of values 398 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp : the precompiled expression 399 int xptr : it this an XPointer expression 400 <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> ancestor : used for walking preceding axis 401 int valueFrame : always zero for compatibility 402} xmlXPathParserContext; 403</pre> 404<p></p> 405</div> 406<hr> 407<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 408<h3> 409<a name="xmlXPathParserContextPtr">Typedef </a>xmlXPathParserContextPtr</h3> 410<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContext">xmlXPathParserContext</a> * xmlXPathParserContextPtr; 411</pre> 412<p></p> 413</div> 414<hr> 415<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 416<h3> 417<a name="xmlXPathType">Structure </a>xmlXPathType</h3> 418<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlXPathType { 419 const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name : the type name 420 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathConvertFunc">xmlXPathConvertFunc</a> func : the conversion function 421} xmlXPathType; 422</pre> 423<p></p> 424</div> 425<hr> 426<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 427<h3> 428<a name="xmlXPathTypePtr">Typedef </a>xmlXPathTypePtr</h3> 429<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathType">xmlXPathType</a> * xmlXPathTypePtr; 430</pre> 431<p></p> 432</div> 433<hr> 434<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 435<h3> 436<a name="xmlXPathVariable">Structure </a>xmlXPathVariable</h3> 437<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlXPathVariable { 438 const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name : the variable name 439 <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> value : the value 440} xmlXPathVariable; 441</pre> 442<p></p> 443</div> 444<hr> 445<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 446<h3> 447<a name="xmlXPathVariablePtr">Typedef </a>xmlXPathVariablePtr</h3> 448<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathVariable">xmlXPathVariable</a> * xmlXPathVariablePtr; 449</pre> 450<p></p> 451</div> 452<hr> 453<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 454<h3> 455<a name="xmlXPathAxisFunc"></a>Function type xmlXPathAxisFunc</h3> 456<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathAxisFunc (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> cur)<br> 457</pre> 458<p>An axis traversal function. To traverse an axis, the engine calls the first time with cur == NULL and repeat until the function returns NULL indicating the end of the axis traversal.</p> 459<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 460<col align="left"> 461<tbody> 462<tr> 463<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 464<td>the XPath interpreter context</td> 465</tr> 466<tr> 467<td><span class="term"><i><tt>cur</tt></i>:</span></td> 468<td>the previous node being explored on that axis</td> 469</tr> 470<tr> 471<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 472<td>the next node in that axis or NULL if at the end of the axis.</td> 473</tr> 474</tbody> 475</table></div> 476</div> 477<hr> 478<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 479<h3> 480<a name="xmlXPathConvertFunc"></a>Function type xmlXPathConvertFunc</h3> 481<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathConvertFunc (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj, <br> int type)<br> 482</pre> 483<p>A conversion function is associated to a type and used to cast the new type to primitive values.</p> 484<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 485<col align="left"> 486<tbody> 487<tr> 488<td><span class="term"><i><tt>obj</tt></i>:</span></td> 489<td>an XPath object</td> 490</tr> 491<tr> 492<td><span class="term"><i><tt>type</tt></i>:</span></td> 493<td>the number of the target type</td> 494</tr> 495<tr> 496<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 497<td>-1 in case of error, 0 otherwise</td> 498</tr> 499</tbody> 500</table></div> 501</div> 502<hr> 503<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 504<h3> 505<a name="xmlXPathEvalFunc"></a>Function type xmlXPathEvalFunc</h3> 506<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathEvalFunc (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> int nargs)<br> 507</pre> 508<p>An XPath evaluation function, the parameters are on the XPath context stack.</p> 509<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 510<col align="left"> 511<tbody> 512<tr> 513<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 514<td>an XPath parser context</td> 515</tr> 516<tr> 517<td><span class="term"><i><tt>nargs</tt></i>:</span></td> 518<td>the number of arguments passed to the function</td> 519</tr> 520</tbody> 521</table></div> 522</div> 523<hr> 524<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 525<h3> 526<a name="xmlXPathFuncLookupFunc"></a>Function type xmlXPathFuncLookupFunc</h3> 527<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathFunction">xmlXPathFunction</a> xmlXPathFuncLookupFunc (void * ctxt, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * ns_uri)<br> 528</pre> 529<p>Prototype for callbacks used to plug function lookup in the XPath engine.</p> 530<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 531<col align="left"> 532<tbody> 533<tr> 534<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 535<td>an XPath context</td> 536</tr> 537<tr> 538<td><span class="term"><i><tt>name</tt></i>:</span></td> 539<td>name of the function</td> 540</tr> 541<tr> 542<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns_uri</tt></i>:</span></td> 543<td>the namespace name hosting this function</td> 544</tr> 545<tr> 546<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 547<td>the XPath function or NULL if not found.</td> 548</tr> 549</tbody> 550</table></div> 551</div> 552<hr> 553<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 554<h3> 555<a name="xmlXPathFunction"></a>Function type xmlXPathFunction</h3> 556<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathFunction (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathParserContextPtr">xmlXPathParserContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> int nargs)<br> 557</pre> 558<p>An XPath function. The arguments (if any) are popped out from the context stack and the result is pushed on the stack.</p> 559<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 560<col align="left"> 561<tbody> 562<tr> 563<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 564<td>the XPath interprestation context</td> 565</tr> 566<tr> 567<td><span class="term"><i><tt>nargs</tt></i>:</span></td> 568<td>the number of arguments</td> 569</tr> 570</tbody> 571</table></div> 572</div> 573<hr> 574<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 575<h3> 576<a name="xmlXPathVariableLookupFunc"></a>Function type xmlXPathVariableLookupFunc</h3> 577<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathVariableLookupFunc (void * ctxt, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * name, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * ns_uri)<br> 578</pre> 579<p>Prototype for callbacks used to plug variable lookup in the XPath engine.</p> 580<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 581<col align="left"> 582<tbody> 583<tr> 584<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 585<td>an XPath context</td> 586</tr> 587<tr> 588<td><span class="term"><i><tt>name</tt></i>:</span></td> 589<td>name of the variable</td> 590</tr> 591<tr> 592<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns_uri</tt></i>:</span></td> 593<td>the namespace name hosting this variable</td> 594</tr> 595<tr> 596<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 597<td>the XPath object value or NULL if not found.</td> 598</tr> 599</tbody> 600</table></div> 601</div> 602<hr> 603<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 604<h3> 605<a name="xmlXPathNAN">Variable </a>xmlXPathNAN</h3> 606<pre class="programlisting">double xmlXPathNAN; 607</pre> 608<p></p> 609</div> 610<hr> 611<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 612<h3> 613<a name="xmlXPathNINF">Variable </a>xmlXPathNINF</h3> 614<pre class="programlisting">double xmlXPathNINF; 615</pre> 616<p></p> 617</div> 618<hr> 619<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 620<h3> 621<a name="xmlXPathPINF">Variable </a>xmlXPathPINF</h3> 622<pre class="programlisting">double xmlXPathPINF; 623</pre> 624<p></p> 625</div> 626<hr> 627<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 628<h3> 629<a name="xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber"></a>xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber ()</h3> 630<pre class="programlisting">double xmlXPathCastBooleanToNumber (int val)<br> 631</pre> 632<p>Converts a boolean to its number value</p> 633<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 634<col align="left"> 635<tbody> 636<tr> 637<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 638<td>a boolean</td> 639</tr> 640<tr> 641<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 642<td>the number value</td> 643</tr> 644</tbody> 645</table></div> 646</div> 647<hr> 648<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 649<h3> 650<a name="xmlXPathCastBooleanToString"></a>xmlXPathCastBooleanToString ()</h3> 651<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * xmlXPathCastBooleanToString (int val)<br> 652</pre> 653<p>Converts a boolean to its string value.</p> 654<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 655<col align="left"> 656<tbody> 657<tr> 658<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 659<td>a boolean</td> 660</tr> 661<tr> 662<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 663<td>a newly allocated string.</td> 664</tr> 665</tbody> 666</table></div> 667</div> 668<hr> 669<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 670<h3> 671<a name="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean"></a>xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean ()</h3> 672<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathCastNodeSetToBoolean (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)<br> 673</pre> 674<p>Converts a node-set to its boolean value</p> 675<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 676<col align="left"> 677<tbody> 678<tr> 679<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td> 680<td>a node-set</td> 681</tr> 682<tr> 683<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 684<td>the boolean value</td> 685</tr> 686</tbody> 687</table></div> 688</div> 689<hr> 690<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 691<h3> 692<a name="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber"></a>xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber ()</h3> 693<pre class="programlisting">double xmlXPathCastNodeSetToNumber (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)<br> 694</pre> 695<p>Converts a node-set to its number value</p> 696<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 697<col align="left"> 698<tbody> 699<tr> 700<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td> 701<td>a node-set</td> 702</tr> 703<tr> 704<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 705<td>the number value</td> 706</tr> 707</tbody> 708</table></div> 709</div> 710<hr> 711<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 712<h3> 713<a name="xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString"></a>xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString ()</h3> 714<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * xmlXPathCastNodeSetToString (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> ns)<br> 715</pre> 716<p>Converts a node-set to its string value.</p> 717<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 718<col align="left"> 719<tbody> 720<tr> 721<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ns</tt></i>:</span></td> 722<td>a node-set</td> 723</tr> 724<tr> 725<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 726<td>a newly allocated string.</td> 727</tr> 728</tbody> 729</table></div> 730</div> 731<hr> 732<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 733<h3> 734<a name="xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber"></a>xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber ()</h3> 735<pre class="programlisting">double xmlXPathCastNodeToNumber (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node)<br> 736</pre> 737<p>Converts a node to its number value</p> 738<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 739<col align="left"> 740<tbody> 741<tr> 742<td><span class="term"><i><tt>node</tt></i>:</span></td> 743<td>a node</td> 744</tr> 745<tr> 746<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 747<td>the number value</td> 748</tr> 749</tbody> 750</table></div> 751</div> 752<hr> 753<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 754<h3> 755<a name="xmlXPathCastNodeToString"></a>xmlXPathCastNodeToString ()</h3> 756<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * xmlXPathCastNodeToString (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node)<br> 757</pre> 758<p>Converts a node to its string value.</p> 759<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 760<col align="left"> 761<tbody> 762<tr> 763<td><span class="term"><i><tt>node</tt></i>:</span></td> 764<td>a node</td> 765</tr> 766<tr> 767<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 768<td>a newly allocated string.</td> 769</tr> 770</tbody> 771</table></div> 772</div> 773<hr> 774<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 775<h3> 776<a name="xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean"></a>xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean ()</h3> 777<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathCastNumberToBoolean (double val)<br> 778</pre> 779<p>Converts a number to its boolean value</p> 780<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 781<col align="left"> 782<tbody> 783<tr> 784<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 785<td>a number</td> 786</tr> 787<tr> 788<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 789<td>the boolean value</td> 790</tr> 791</tbody> 792</table></div> 793</div> 794<hr> 795<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 796<h3> 797<a name="xmlXPathCastNumberToString"></a>xmlXPathCastNumberToString ()</h3> 798<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * xmlXPathCastNumberToString (double val)<br> 799</pre> 800<p>Converts a number to its string value.</p> 801<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 802<col align="left"> 803<tbody> 804<tr> 805<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 806<td>a number</td> 807</tr> 808<tr> 809<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 810<td>a newly allocated string.</td> 811</tr> 812</tbody> 813</table></div> 814</div> 815<hr> 816<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 817<h3> 818<a name="xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean"></a>xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean ()</h3> 819<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathCastStringToBoolean (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * val)<br> 820</pre> 821<p>Converts a string to its boolean value</p> 822<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 823<col align="left"> 824<tbody> 825<tr> 826<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 827<td>a string</td> 828</tr> 829<tr> 830<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 831<td>the boolean value</td> 832</tr> 833</tbody> 834</table></div> 835</div> 836<hr> 837<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 838<h3> 839<a name="xmlXPathCastStringToNumber"></a>xmlXPathCastStringToNumber ()</h3> 840<pre class="programlisting">double xmlXPathCastStringToNumber (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * val)<br> 841</pre> 842<p>Converts a string to its number value</p> 843<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 844<col align="left"> 845<tbody> 846<tr> 847<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 848<td>a string</td> 849</tr> 850<tr> 851<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 852<td>the number value</td> 853</tr> 854</tbody> 855</table></div> 856</div> 857<hr> 858<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 859<h3> 860<a name="xmlXPathCastToBoolean"></a>xmlXPathCastToBoolean ()</h3> 861<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathCastToBoolean (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br> 862</pre> 863<p>Converts an XPath object to its boolean value</p> 864<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 865<col align="left"> 866<tbody> 867<tr> 868<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 869<td>an XPath object</td> 870</tr> 871<tr> 872<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 873<td>the boolean value</td> 874</tr> 875</tbody> 876</table></div> 877</div> 878<hr> 879<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 880<h3> 881<a name="xmlXPathCastToNumber"></a>xmlXPathCastToNumber ()</h3> 882<pre class="programlisting">double xmlXPathCastToNumber (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br> 883</pre> 884<p>Converts an XPath object to its number value</p> 885<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 886<col align="left"> 887<tbody> 888<tr> 889<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 890<td>an XPath object</td> 891</tr> 892<tr> 893<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 894<td>the number value</td> 895</tr> 896</tbody> 897</table></div> 898</div> 899<hr> 900<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 901<h3> 902<a name="xmlXPathCastToString"></a>xmlXPathCastToString ()</h3> 903<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * xmlXPathCastToString (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br> 904</pre> 905<p>Converts an existing object to its string() equivalent</p> 906<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 907<col align="left"> 908<tbody> 909<tr> 910<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 911<td>an XPath object</td> 912</tr> 913<tr> 914<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 915<td>the allocated string value of the object, NULL in case of error. It's up to the caller to free the string memory with xmlFree().</td> 916</tr> 917</tbody> 918</table></div> 919</div> 920<hr> 921<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 922<h3> 923<a name="xmlXPathCmpNodes"></a>xmlXPathCmpNodes ()</h3> 924<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathCmpNodes (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node1, <br> <a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node2)<br> 925</pre> 926<p>Compare two nodes w.r.t document order</p> 927<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 928<col align="left"> 929<tbody> 930<tr> 931<td><span class="term"><i><tt>node1</tt></i>:</span></td> 932<td>the first node</td> 933</tr> 934<tr> 935<td><span class="term"><i><tt>node2</tt></i>:</span></td> 936<td>the second node</td> 937</tr> 938<tr> 939<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 940<td>-2 in case of error 1 if first point < second point, 0 if it's the same node, -1 otherwise</td> 941</tr> 942</tbody> 943</table></div> 944</div> 945<hr> 946<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 947<h3> 948<a name="xmlXPathCompile"></a>xmlXPathCompile ()</h3> 949<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> xmlXPathCompile (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str)<br> 950</pre> 951<p>Compile an XPath expression</p> 952<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 953<col align="left"> 954<tbody> 955<tr> 956<td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td> 957<td>the XPath expression</td> 958</tr> 959<tr> 960<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 961<td>the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> resulting from the compilation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td> 962</tr> 963</tbody> 964</table></div> 965</div> 966<hr> 967<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 968<h3> 969<a name="xmlXPathCompiledEval"></a>xmlXPathCompiledEval ()</h3> 970<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathCompiledEval (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx)<br> 971</pre> 972<p>Evaluate the Precompiled XPath expression in the given context.</p> 973<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 974<col align="left"> 975<tbody> 976<tr> 977<td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td> 978<td>the compiled XPath expression</td> 979</tr> 980<tr> 981<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td> 982<td>the XPath context</td> 983</tr> 984<tr> 985<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 986<td>the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> resulting from the evaluation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td> 987</tr> 988</tbody> 989</table></div> 990</div> 991<hr> 992<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 993<h3> 994<a name="xmlXPathCompiledEvalToBoolean"></a>xmlXPathCompiledEvalToBoolean ()</h3> 995<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathCompiledEvalToBoolean (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt)<br> 996</pre> 997<p>Applies the XPath boolean() function on the result of the given compiled expression.</p> 998<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 999<col align="left"> 1000<tbody> 1001<tr> 1002<td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td> 1003<td>the compiled XPath expression</td> 1004</tr> 1005<tr> 1006<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 1007<td>the XPath context</td> 1008</tr> 1009<tr> 1010<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1011<td>1 if the expression evaluated to true, 0 if to false and -1 in API and internal errors.</td> 1012</tr> 1013</tbody> 1014</table></div> 1015</div> 1016<hr> 1017<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1018<h3> 1019<a name="xmlXPathContextSetCache"></a>xmlXPathContextSetCache ()</h3> 1020<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathContextSetCache (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> int active, <br> int value, <br> int options)<br> 1021</pre> 1022<p>Creates/frees an object cache on the XPath context. If activates XPath objects (xmlXPathObject) will be cached internally to be reused. @options: 0: This will set the XPath object caching: @value: This will set the maximum number of XPath objects to be cached per slot There are two slots for node-set and misc objects. Use <0 for the default number (100). Other values for @options have currently no effect.</p> 1023<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1024<col align="left"> 1025<tbody> 1026<tr> 1027<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 1028<td>the XPath context</td> 1029</tr> 1030<tr> 1031<td><span class="term"><i><tt>active</tt></i>:</span></td> 1032<td>enables/disables (creates/frees) the cache</td> 1033</tr> 1034<tr> 1035<td><span class="term"><i><tt>value</tt></i>:</span></td> 1036<td>a value with semantics dependent on @options</td> 1037</tr> 1038<tr> 1039<td><span class="term"><i><tt>options</tt></i>:</span></td> 1040<td>options (currently only the value 0 is used)</td> 1041</tr> 1042<tr> 1043<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1044<td>0 if the setting succeeded, and -1 on API or internal errors.</td> 1045</tr> 1046</tbody> 1047</table></div> 1048</div> 1049<hr> 1050<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1051<h3> 1052<a name="xmlXPathConvertBoolean"></a>xmlXPathConvertBoolean ()</h3> 1053<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathConvertBoolean (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br> 1054</pre> 1055<p>Converts an existing object to its boolean() equivalent</p> 1056<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1057<col align="left"> 1058<tbody> 1059<tr> 1060<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 1061<td>an XPath object</td> 1062</tr> 1063<tr> 1064<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1065<td>the new object, the old one is freed (or the operation is done directly on @val)</td> 1066</tr> 1067</tbody> 1068</table></div> 1069</div> 1070<hr> 1071<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1072<h3> 1073<a name="xmlXPathConvertNumber"></a>xmlXPathConvertNumber ()</h3> 1074<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathConvertNumber (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br> 1075</pre> 1076<p>Converts an existing object to its number() equivalent</p> 1077<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1078<col align="left"> 1079<tbody> 1080<tr> 1081<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 1082<td>an XPath object</td> 1083</tr> 1084<tr> 1085<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1086<td>the new object, the old one is freed (or the operation is done directly on @val)</td> 1087</tr> 1088</tbody> 1089</table></div> 1090</div> 1091<hr> 1092<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1093<h3> 1094<a name="xmlXPathConvertString"></a>xmlXPathConvertString ()</h3> 1095<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathConvertString (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br> 1096</pre> 1097<p>Converts an existing object to its string() equivalent</p> 1098<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1099<col align="left"> 1100<tbody> 1101<tr> 1102<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 1103<td>an XPath object</td> 1104</tr> 1105<tr> 1106<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1107<td>the new object, the old one is freed (or the operation is done directly on @val)</td> 1108</tr> 1109</tbody> 1110</table></div> 1111</div> 1112<hr> 1113<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1114<h3> 1115<a name="xmlXPathCtxtCompile"></a>xmlXPathCtxtCompile ()</h3> 1116<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> xmlXPathCtxtCompile (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str)<br> 1117</pre> 1118<p>Compile an XPath expression</p> 1119<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1120<col align="left"> 1121<tbody> 1122<tr> 1123<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 1124<td>an XPath context</td> 1125</tr> 1126<tr> 1127<td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td> 1128<td>the XPath expression</td> 1129</tr> 1130<tr> 1131<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1132<td>the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> resulting from the compilation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td> 1133</tr> 1134</tbody> 1135</table></div> 1136</div> 1137<hr> 1138<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1139<h3> 1140<a name="xmlXPathEval"></a>xmlXPathEval ()</h3> 1141<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathEval (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx)<br> 1142</pre> 1143<p>Evaluate the XPath Location Path in the given context.</p> 1144<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1145<col align="left"> 1146<tbody> 1147<tr> 1148<td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td> 1149<td>the XPath expression</td> 1150</tr> 1151<tr> 1152<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td> 1153<td>the XPath context</td> 1154</tr> 1155<tr> 1156<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1157<td>the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> resulting from the evaluation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td> 1158</tr> 1159</tbody> 1160</table></div> 1161</div> 1162<hr> 1163<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1164<h3> 1165<a name="xmlXPathEvalExpression"></a>xmlXPathEvalExpression ()</h3> 1166<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathEvalExpression (const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt)<br> 1167</pre> 1168<p>Alias for xmlXPathEval().</p> 1169<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1170<col align="left"> 1171<tbody> 1172<tr> 1173<td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td> 1174<td>the XPath expression</td> 1175</tr> 1176<tr> 1177<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 1178<td>the XPath context</td> 1179</tr> 1180<tr> 1181<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1182<td>the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> resulting from the evaluation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td> 1183</tr> 1184</tbody> 1185</table></div> 1186</div> 1187<hr> 1188<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1189<h3> 1190<a name="xmlXPathEvalPredicate"></a>xmlXPathEvalPredicate ()</h3> 1191<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathEvalPredicate (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> res)<br> 1192</pre> 1193<p>Evaluate a predicate result for the current node. A PredicateExpr is evaluated by evaluating the Expr and converting the result to a boolean. If the result is a number, the result will be converted to true if the number is equal to the position of the context node in the context node list (as returned by the position function) and will be converted to false otherwise; if the result is not a number, then the result will be converted as if by a call to the boolean function.</p> 1194<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1195<col align="left"> 1196<tbody> 1197<tr> 1198<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 1199<td>the XPath context</td> 1200</tr> 1201<tr> 1202<td><span class="term"><i><tt>res</tt></i>:</span></td> 1203<td>the Predicate Expression evaluation result</td> 1204</tr> 1205<tr> 1206<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1207<td>1 if predicate is true, 0 otherwise</td> 1208</tr> 1209</tbody> 1210</table></div> 1211</div> 1212<hr> 1213<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1214<h3> 1215<a name="xmlXPathFreeCompExpr"></a>xmlXPathFreeCompExpr ()</h3> 1216<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathFreeCompExpr (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathCompExprPtr">xmlXPathCompExprPtr</a> comp)<br> 1217</pre> 1218<p>Free up the memory allocated by @comp</p> 1219<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1220<col align="left"> 1221<tbody><tr> 1222<td><span class="term"><i><tt>comp</tt></i>:</span></td> 1223<td>an XPATH comp</td> 1224</tr></tbody> 1225</table></div> 1226</div> 1227<hr> 1228<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1229<h3> 1230<a name="xmlXPathFreeContext"></a>xmlXPathFreeContext ()</h3> 1231<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathFreeContext (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt)<br> 1232</pre> 1233<p>Free up an <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a></p> 1234<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1235<col align="left"> 1236<tbody><tr> 1237<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 1238<td>the context to free</td> 1239</tr></tbody> 1240</table></div> 1241</div> 1242<hr> 1243<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1244<h3> 1245<a name="xmlXPathFreeNodeSet"></a>xmlXPathFreeNodeSet ()</h3> 1246<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathFreeNodeSet (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> obj)<br> 1247</pre> 1248<p>Free the NodeSet compound (not the actual nodes !).</p> 1249<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1250<col align="left"> 1251<tbody><tr> 1252<td><span class="term"><i><tt>obj</tt></i>:</span></td> 1253<td>the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> to free</td> 1254</tr></tbody> 1255</table></div> 1256</div> 1257<hr> 1258<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1259<h3> 1260<a name="xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList"></a>xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList ()</h3> 1261<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathFreeNodeSetList (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj)<br> 1262</pre> 1263<p>Free up the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> @obj but don't deallocate the objects in the list contrary to xmlXPathFreeObject().</p> 1264<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1265<col align="left"> 1266<tbody><tr> 1267<td><span class="term"><i><tt>obj</tt></i>:</span></td> 1268<td>an existing NodeSetList object</td> 1269</tr></tbody> 1270</table></div> 1271</div> 1272<hr> 1273<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1274<h3> 1275<a name="xmlXPathFreeObject"></a>xmlXPathFreeObject ()</h3> 1276<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathFreeObject (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> obj)<br> 1277</pre> 1278<p>Free up an <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> object.</p> 1279<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1280<col align="left"> 1281<tbody><tr> 1282<td><span class="term"><i><tt>obj</tt></i>:</span></td> 1283<td>the object to free</td> 1284</tr></tbody> 1285</table></div> 1286</div> 1287<hr> 1288<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1289<h3> 1290<a name="xmlXPathInit"></a>xmlXPathInit ()</h3> 1291<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathInit (void)<br> 1292</pre> 1293<p>DEPRECATED: Alias for <a href="libxml2-parser.html#xmlInitParser">xmlInitParser</a>.</p> 1294</div> 1295<hr> 1296<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1297<h3> 1298<a name="xmlXPathIsInf"></a>xmlXPathIsInf ()</h3> 1299<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathIsInf (double val)<br> 1300</pre> 1301<p>Checks whether a double is an infinity.</p> 1302<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1303<col align="left"> 1304<tbody> 1305<tr> 1306<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 1307<td>a double value</td> 1308</tr> 1309<tr> 1310<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1311<td>1 if the value is +Infinite, -1 if -Infinite, 0 otherwise</td> 1312</tr> 1313</tbody> 1314</table></div> 1315</div> 1316<hr> 1317<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1318<h3> 1319<a name="xmlXPathIsNaN"></a>xmlXPathIsNaN ()</h3> 1320<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathIsNaN (double val)<br> 1321</pre> 1322<p>Checks whether a double is a NaN.</p> 1323<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1324<col align="left"> 1325<tbody> 1326<tr> 1327<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 1328<td>a double value</td> 1329</tr> 1330<tr> 1331<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1332<td>1 if the value is a NaN, 0 otherwise</td> 1333</tr> 1334</tbody> 1335</table></div> 1336</div> 1337<hr> 1338<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1339<h3> 1340<a name="xmlXPathNewContext"></a>xmlXPathNewContext ()</h3> 1341<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> xmlXPathNewContext (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc)<br> 1342</pre> 1343<p>Create a new <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a></p> 1344<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1345<col align="left"> 1346<tbody> 1347<tr> 1348<td><span class="term"><i><tt>doc</tt></i>:</span></td> 1349<td>the XML document</td> 1350</tr> 1351<tr> 1352<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1353<td>the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContext">xmlXPathContext</a> just allocated. The caller will need to free it.</td> 1354</tr> 1355</tbody> 1356</table></div> 1357</div> 1358<hr> 1359<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1360<h3> 1361<a name="xmlXPathNodeEval"></a>xmlXPathNodeEval ()</h3> 1362<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathNodeEval (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node, <br> const <a href="libxml2-xmlstring.html#xmlChar">xmlChar</a> * str, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx)<br> 1363</pre> 1364<p>Evaluate the XPath Location Path in the given context. The node 'node' is set as the context node. The context node is not restored.</p> 1365<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1366<col align="left"> 1367<tbody> 1368<tr> 1369<td><span class="term"><i><tt>node</tt></i>:</span></td> 1370<td>the node to to use as the context node</td> 1371</tr> 1372<tr> 1373<td><span class="term"><i><tt>str</tt></i>:</span></td> 1374<td>the XPath expression</td> 1375</tr> 1376<tr> 1377<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td> 1378<td>the XPath context</td> 1379</tr> 1380<tr> 1381<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1382<td>the <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> resulting from the evaluation or NULL. the caller has to free the object.</td> 1383</tr> 1384</tbody> 1385</table></div> 1386</div> 1387<hr> 1388<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1389<h3> 1390<a name="xmlXPathNodeSetCreate"></a>xmlXPathNodeSetCreate ()</h3> 1391<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> xmlXPathNodeSetCreate (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> val)<br> 1392</pre> 1393<p>Create a new <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlNodeSetPtr">xmlNodeSetPtr</a> of type double and of value @val</p> 1394<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1395<col align="left"> 1396<tbody> 1397<tr> 1398<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 1399<td>an initial xmlNodePtr, or NULL</td> 1400</tr> 1401<tr> 1402<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1403<td>the newly created object.</td> 1404</tr> 1405</tbody> 1406</table></div> 1407</div> 1408<hr> 1409<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1410<h3> 1411<a name="xmlXPathObjectCopy"></a>xmlXPathObjectCopy ()</h3> 1412<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> xmlXPathObjectCopy (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathObjectPtr">xmlXPathObjectPtr</a> val)<br> 1413</pre> 1414<p>allocate a new copy of a given object</p> 1415<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1416<col align="left"> 1417<tbody> 1418<tr> 1419<td><span class="term"><i><tt>val</tt></i>:</span></td> 1420<td>the original object</td> 1421</tr> 1422<tr> 1423<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1424<td>the newly created object.</td> 1425</tr> 1426</tbody> 1427</table></div> 1428</div> 1429<hr> 1430<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1431<h3> 1432<a name="xmlXPathOrderDocElems"></a>xmlXPathOrderDocElems ()</h3> 1433<pre class="programlisting">long xmlXPathOrderDocElems (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlDocPtr">xmlDocPtr</a> doc)<br> 1434</pre> 1435<p>Call this routine to speed up XPath computation on static documents. This stamps all the element nodes with the document order Like for line information, the order is kept in the element->content field, the value stored is actually - the node number (starting at -1) to be able to differentiate from line numbers.</p> 1436<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1437<col align="left"> 1438<tbody> 1439<tr> 1440<td><span class="term"><i><tt>doc</tt></i>:</span></td> 1441<td>an input document</td> 1442</tr> 1443<tr> 1444<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1445<td>the number of elements found in the document or -1 in case of error.</td> 1446</tr> 1447</tbody> 1448</table></div> 1449</div> 1450<hr> 1451<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1452<h3> 1453<a name="xmlXPathSetContextNode"></a>xmlXPathSetContextNode ()</h3> 1454<pre class="programlisting">int xmlXPathSetContextNode (<a href="libxml2-tree.html#xmlNodePtr">xmlNodePtr</a> node, <br> <a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctx)<br> 1455</pre> 1456<p>Sets 'node' as the context node. The node must be in the same document as that associated with the context.</p> 1457<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1458<col align="left"> 1459<tbody> 1460<tr> 1461<td><span class="term"><i><tt>node</tt></i>:</span></td> 1462<td>the node to to use as the context node</td> 1463</tr> 1464<tr> 1465<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td> 1466<td>the XPath context</td> 1467</tr> 1468<tr> 1469<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td> 1470<td>-1 in case of error or 0 if successful</td> 1471</tr> 1472</tbody> 1473</table></div> 1474</div> 1475<hr> 1476<div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 1477<h3> 1478<a name="xmlXPathSetErrorHandler"></a>xmlXPathSetErrorHandler ()</h3> 1479<pre class="programlisting">void xmlXPathSetErrorHandler (<a href="libxml2-xpath.html#xmlXPathContextPtr">xmlXPathContextPtr</a> ctxt, <br> <a href="libxml2-xmlerror.html#xmlStructuredErrorFunc">xmlStructuredErrorFunc</a> handler, <br> void * data)<br> 1480</pre> 1481<p>Register a callback function that will be called on errors and warnings. If handler is NULL, the error handler will be deactivated. Available since 2.13.0.</p> 1482<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"> 1483<col align="left"> 1484<tbody> 1485<tr> 1486<td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td> 1487<td>the XPath context</td> 1488</tr> 1489<tr> 1490<td><span class="term"><i><tt>handler</tt></i>:</span></td> 1491<td>error handler</td> 1492</tr> 1493<tr> 1494<td><span class="term"><i><tt>data</tt></i>:</span></td> 1495<td>user data which will be passed to the handler</td> 1496</tr> 1497</tbody> 1498</table></div> 1499</div> 1500<hr> 1501</div> 1502</div> 1503</body> 1504</html> 1505
