Software Development by Rory

XPath Selecting Nodes

XPath uses path expressions to select nodes in an XML document. The node is selected by following a path or steps.

Expression	Description
nodename	Selects all nodes with the name "nodename"
/	Selects from the root node
//	Selects nodes in the document from the current node that match the selection no matter where they are
.	Selects the current node
..	Selects the parent of the current node
@	Selects attributes