Selecting XML node together will all children

Question

I want to select a node together with all child nodes from an XML document that I have loaded. What method whould I use to get, for example below, <item2> and all child nodes (child 2.1,2.2,2.3)?

<xmldoc>
  <item1>
    <child1.1>
    <child1.2>
    <child1.3>
  </item1>
  <item2>
    <child2.1>
    <child2.2>
    <child2.3>
  </item2>
</xmldoc>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '10 at 18:12

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The xpath expression should be /xmldoc/item2/* Otherwise you should specify in what language...

answered Dec 10 '10 at 18:12

user240984

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Flack · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-10T18:52:25.410

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Assuming you need (as mentioned in question) to select item2 and all its child nodes, XPath expression will be

xmldoc/item2 | xmldoc/item2/*

And if you need all descendants (e.g. for more complicated structure)

xmldoc/item2/descendant-or-self::*

edited Dec 10 '10 at 18:52

answered Dec 10 '10 at 18:46

Flack

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Thanks! I needed to select item2 and children as stated. – ActiveX Dec 10 '10 at 23:27

Selecting XML node together will all children

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