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XPathAPI doesn't work on Relative Path anymore

           Summary: XPathAPI doesn't work on Relative Path anymore
           Product: XalanJ2
           Version: 2.2.x
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Critical
          Priority: Other
         Component: org.apache.xpath
        AssignedTo: xalan-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: ken_ting@lodestarcorp.com


I have been using   XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(mynode, "..") to retrieve the 
parent node of NODE mynode. 

For instance, mynode is referring to /root/level1/level2/@level3,
Using the above method always returns me a NODE referring to /root/level1/level2
with XALAN version released in March, 2001.


I downloaded the latest XALAN-j_2_2_D10, calling the same method simply returns 
NULL.

We use a lot of XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(mynode, myxpath) while  myxpath is 
relative path such as ../,  ./  etc. and it's been working great!

Thank you and looking forward to the fix.

Kenneth Ting
Lodestar Corp
ken_ting@lodestarcorp.com
713-292-2511