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Posted to user@commons.apache.org by "Wannheden, Knut" <kn...@paranor.ch> on 2003/06/05 16:37:31 UTC
RE: [jxpath] JXPathContext#iterate(String) returns same object mu
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Dmitri,
>
> No, you are absolutely right. JXPath is guaranteed to returned unique
> pointers, but not unique objects. If your graph has multiple paths to
> the same object, it may be returned repeatedly. The "//" axis has a
> protection built into it against simple loops like a->b->a
> (you'll need
> to use the nigthly build to get that behavior). Other than that there
> is really no cure other than specifying more explicit paths.
>
Thanks for the reply.
That sounds reasonable. I'll get the latest version from CVS. I'll try to
figure out if I can make JXPath understand my parent/child relationships,
which would hopefully let my use the XPath parent and child axis.
--
knut