XPath Attribute

XPath Attribute expression location path for finding XPath node in XML document. XPath give you control to create attribute expression for locating node in XML document.

XPath Attribute Expression For Finding XPath Node

Following are some XPath attribute expressions for locating XPath nodes.

Expression	Description
@	Attribute selector identifier
@discipline	select `discipline` attributes of the context.
//employee/@id	Element attribute Select `employee` elements with `id` attribute within XML document.
/empinfo/employee/@id	Element attribute of the root element Select `employee` elements with `id` attribute of the `empinfo` root element.
@*	all attribute of the context node
//@*	All attribute within XML document
//@id	`id` attribute within XML document

@discipline: Select discipline attributes of the context.

Expression relation: Attribute selector identifier

XPath selection: select all attribute value in highlighted lines.

@discipline

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<empinfo>
  <employee id="1">
    <name>Opal Kole</name>
    <designation discipline="web" experience="3 year">Senior Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="2">
    <name from="CA">Max Miller</name>
    <designation discipline="DBA" experience="2 year">DBA Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="3">
    <name>Beccaa Moss</name>
    <designation discipline="appdev">Application Developer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
</empinfo>

//employee/@id: Select employee elements with id attribute within XML document.

Expression relation: Element attribute

XPath selection: id attribute value (3, 8, 13 lines).

//employee/@id

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<empinfo>
  <employee id="1">
    <name>Opal Kole</name>
    <designation discipline="web" experience="3 year">Senior Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="2">
    <name from="CA">Max Miller</name>
    <designation discipline="DBA" experience="2 year">DBA Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="3">
    <name>Beccaa Moss</name>
    <designation discipline="appdev">Application Developer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
</empinfo>

/empinfo/employee/@id: Select employee elements with id attribute of the empinfo root element.

Expression relation: Element attribute of the root element

XPath selection: id attribute value (3, 8, 13 lines).

/empinfo/employee/@id

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<empinfo>
  <employee id="1">
    <name>Opal Kole</name>
    <designation discipline="web" experience="3 year">Senior Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="2">
    <name from="CA">Max Miller</name>
    <designation discipline="DBA" experience="2 year">DBA Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="3">
    <name>Beccaa Moss</name>
    <designation discipline="appdev">Application Developer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
</empinfo>

//@*: Select all attribute value in XML document.

Expression relation: All attribute of the context node

XPath selection: select all attribute value in highlighted lines.

//@*

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<empinfo>
  <employee id="1">
    <name>Opal Kole</name>
    <designation discipline="web" experience="3 year">Senior Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="2">
    <name from="CA">Max Miller</name>
    <designation discipline="DBA" experience="2 year">DBA Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="3">
    <name>Beccaa Moss</name>
    <designation discipline="appdev">Application Developer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
</empinfo>

//@id: Select all attribute value in XML document.

Expression relation: Anywhere attribute

XPath selection: id attribute value (3, 8, 13 lines).

//@id

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<empinfo>
  <employee id="1">
    <name>Opal Kole</name>
    <designation discipline="web" experience="3 year">Senior Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="2">
    <name from="CA">Max Miller</name>
    <designation discipline="DBA" experience="2 year">DBA Engineer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
  <employee id="3">
    <name>Beccaa Moss</name>
    <designation discipline="appdev">Application Developer</designation>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
  </employee>
</empinfo>