XPath::NodeSet(3)

NAME
XML::XPath::NodeSet - a list of XML document nodes

DESCRIPTION
An XML::XPath::NodeSet object contains an ordered list of nodes. The nodes each take the same format as described in XML::XPath::XMLParser.

SYNOPSIS
        my $results = $xp->find('//someelement');
        if (!$results->isa('XML::XPath::NodeSet')) {
                print "Found $results\n";
                exit;
        }
        foreach my $context ($results->get_nodelist) {
                my $newresults = $xp->find('./other/element', $context);
                ...
        }

API

  new()
You will almost never have to create a new NodeSet object, as it is all done for you by XPath.

  get_nodelist()
Returns a list of nodes. See XML::XPath::XMLParser for the format of the nodes.

  string_value()
Returns the string-value of the first node in the list. See the XPath specification for what "string-value" means.

  to_literal()
Returns the concatenation of all the string-values of all the nodes in the list.

  get_node($pos)
Returns the node at $pos. The node position in XPath is based at 1, not 0.

  size()
Returns the number of nodes in the NodeSet.

  pop()
Equivalent to perl's pop function.

  push(@nodes)
Equivalent to perl's push function.

  append($nodeset)
Given a nodeset, appends the list of nodes in $nodeset to the end of the current list.

  shift()
Equivalent to perl's shift function.

  unshift(@nodes)
Equivalent to perl's unshift function.

  prepend($nodeset)
Given a nodeset, prepends the list of nodes in $nodeset to the front of the current list.