selectNodes Method

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Applies the specified pattern-matching operation to this node's context and returns the list of matching nodes as IXMLDOMNodeList.

var objXMLDOMNodeList = oXMLDOMNode.selectNodes(expression);

HRESULT selectNodes(
  BSTR expression,
  IXMLDOMNodeList** resultList
);

General Remarks

This method is only valid if the XML Query Language (XQL) feature has been included in the operating system (OS). If a call to this method is made and XQL is not supported, an error message will be returned.

The selectSingleNode method is similar to the selectNodes method, but returns only the first matching node rather than the list of all matching nodes.

IXMLDOMNodeList is live and immediately reflects changes to the nodes that appear in the list.

This member is an extension of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM).

This method applies to the following objects and interfaces:

IXMLDOMNodeList, IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, DOMDocument, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime.

See Also

setProperty Method | selectSingleNode Method

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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