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sure, you can use jaxp api.
use Document 's getElementbyTag("frag")
and then get the child of sectionA from the returned nodelist
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Khattar, Sanjay wrote:
> Frank,
> I'm afraid I wasn't very clear - my apologies.
>
> I get a dom element like the one below in my processing chain
> <frag>
> <sectionA/>
> </frag>
>
> and I need to search for this element in an in-memory dom document like:
>
> <docroot>
> <part1>
> <frag>
> <sectionA/>
> </frag>
> </part1>
> <part2>
> <subpart2>releventValue</subpart2>
> </part2>
> </docroot>
>
> and retrieve the <subpart2> element.
>
> Can I do this without having to use XPath like './/frag/sectionA'? I'd like
> to be able to search with an org.w3c.dom.Element instance representing the
> search fragment.
>
> Thanks
> Sanjay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Richards [mailto:frichards@s...]
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:11 AM
> To: 'Khattar, Sanjay'
> Subject: RE: Searching an xml doc without using an XPath expression?
>
>
> I don't know exactly what you're trying to accomplish, but you always have
> the option of using text processing tools to scan the doc. Perl or Omnimark
> will do this for instance.
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khattar, Sanjay [mailto:Sanjay.Khattar@s...]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 7:16 PM
> To: xml-dev@l...
> Subject: Searching an xml doc without using an XPath expression?
>
>
> Is there a way to check if a document fragment like
> <frag>
> <sectionA/>
> </frag>
>
> appears in a document like:
>
> <docroot>
> <part1>
> <frag>
> <sectionA/>
> </frag>
> </part1>
> <part2>
> </part2>
> </docroot>
>
> Can I do this without having to use XPath like ". / <file://frag/sectionA>
> /frag/sectionA <file://frag/sectionA> "?
>
> Thanks
> Sanjay
>
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