Evaluate Xpath Expression

Evaluates an XPath expression using XPath functions. The Evaluate action takes an XPath expression, evaluates it, and returns a typed result of Boolean (Boolean), Number (Double), String (String), or Node Set (XPathNodeIterator).

AWE's XML actions require a basic understanding of XML and related terms, such as XPath, DTD and XSLT.

Declaration

<AMXMLEVALUATEXPATHEXPR XPATH="text" RESULTVARIABLE="varname"/>

Example

<AMXMLEVALUATEXPATHEXPR XPATH="sum(//price/text())" RESULTVARIABLE="TotalPrice" />

See Also: Delete XML Node, Extract XML Fragment, Merge XML Files, Output XML, Read XML Node, Sign XML Document, Start XML Session, Transform XML, Validate XML File, Verify XML Document, XML Node to Dataset

General Tab

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

XPath Expression

Text

Yes

(Empty)

XPATH="/BookStore/Books/Price"

The Xpath Expression from the current XML document to use to evaluate a value.

Populate Variable with value

Text

Yes

(Empty)

XMLATTRIBUTE="Price"

The name of an existing variable to receive the evaluated Xpath expression's value.

Session Name

Text

No

(Empty)

SESSIONNAME="FirstXMLSession"

The session name to identify the in-memory XML document to use in subsequent XML steps. This allows several in memory XML documents to be active simultaneously.