new¶

create the step

evaluate $nodeset¶

evaluate the step against a nodeset

evaluate_node $node¶

evaluate the step against a single node

axis methods¶

All these methods return the nodes along the chosen axis

axis_ancestor =item axis_ancestor_or_self =item axis_attribute =item axis_child =item axis_descendant =item axis_descendant_or_self =item axis_following =item axis_following_sibling =item axis_parent =item axis_preceding =item axis_preceding_sibling =item axis_self

node_test¶

apply the node test to the nodes gathered by the axis method

test_attribute¶

test on attribute existence

filter_by_predicate¶

filter the results on a predicate

as_string¶

dump the step as a string

as_xml¶

dump the step as xml