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Extract Xpath from XdmAtomicValue

Added by meghana agrawal about 5 years ago

I want to extract xpath from XdmItem which is of subclass XdmAtomicValue. If XdmItem is of subclass XdmNode, then i am able to do so but when it is of subclass XdmAtomicValue, I am unable to extract the parent node and thus xpath as well. Can you please help me with the api/function which can help this case.


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RE: Extract Xpath from XdmAtomicValue - Added by Michael Kay about 5 years ago

An XdmAtomicValue is, for example, a number (23), a string ("Paris"), a boolean (true), or a date (1900-12-23). These values are not nodes, they are not part of a tree, and they do not have parents. Although an XPath expression (such as count(//*)) can return an XdmAtomicValue, the returned value contains no trace of how it was calculated or where it came from. So what you are trying to do is not possible.

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