I'm using the XPath
functionality to set an XPATH String and then call the
selectNodes(sourceDocument) to get a list of Content back based on the XPATH.
When I iterate over the List of objects in the List (all should be Element
objects), I can see that everything is as expected. However, when I take one of
the Element objects in the List and convert it to a Document, I get the entire
Docuement back, versus just the Element I am using and all of its children. The
code looks like this:
XPath myXpath =
XPath.newInstance("xpath to several elements downstream of the
root");
Element
currentElement = null;
Iterator itr =
myXpath..selectNodes(doc).iterator(); //doc is my XML
Document
while
(itr.hasNext()) {
currentElement = (Element) itr.next();
//Iterating
over the currentElement's children gives me what I expect, all child elements
names are output
Iterator itr
= currentDiagnosis.getChildren().iterator();
while
(itr.hasNext()) {
System.out.println(((Element) itr.next()).getName());
}
//But
putting the currentElement to a Document gives me my original Document back.
Wierd to me but perhaps this is by design.
Format
format = Format.getPrettyFormat();
XMLOutputter
output = new
XMLOutputter(format);
System.out.println(output.outputString(currentElement.getDocument()));
}
Assuming this
behavior is by design, how can I get a Document object of my Elements in order
to write XPath expressions on these separatly?
Thanks,
Kevin
