# XML::XPath [](https://travis-ci.org/ufobat/p6-XML-XPath) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ufobat/p6-XML-XPath/branch/master) A Perl 6 Library for parsing and evaluating XPath Statements. # XPath Specification Specification on XPath Expressions can be found at <https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/>. # Synopsis ```Perl6 use XML::XPath; my $xpath = XML::XPath.new(xml => '... xml ...'); my $result = $xpath.find('/foo/bar'); ``` # Example If you want to see more examples please have a look at the [testcases](t). # Documentation ## `XML::XPath.new(:$file, :$xml, :$document)` XML::XPath creates a XML Document from a `$file` or from `$xml` unless you provide a `$document` in the constructor. ## `.find(Str $xpath, XML::Node :$start, Bool :$to-list)` Evaluates the XPath Expression and returns the results of the match. If a $start node is provided it starts there instead of beginning of the XML Document. If $to-list is True the result will allways be an Array, otherwise it might return Any or a single element (e.g XML::Node, Str, Nummeric, Bool) ## `.set-namespace(Pair $ns)` This method sets a namespace, so the value of `$ns.key` can be used in the XPath expression to look nodes a certain namespace. ```Perl6 $x.set-namespace: 'goo' => "foobar.example.com"; $set = $x.find('//goo:something'); ``` ## `.clear-namespaces` Clears all namespaces that have been set via `.set-namespace`. ## `.parse-xpath(Str $xpath)` Just parses `$xpath` expression. # License Artistic License 2.0.