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Parse XML and Path Select
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<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/xml" prefix="x" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Parse Examples</title>
</head>
<body>Please enter an XML file:
<br />
<form method="post">
<textarea rows="10" cols="50" name="xml">
<students>
<student id="1">
<name>
<first>A</first>
<last>B</last>
<middle>T</middle>
</name>
<grade>
<points>88</points>
<letter>B</letter>
</grade>
</student>
<student id="2">
<name>
<first>C</first>
<last>D</last>
<middle>K</middle>
</name>
<grade>
<points>92</points>
<letter>A</letter>
</grade>
</student>
</students>
</textarea>
<br />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<c:if test="${pageContext.request.method=='POST'}">
<x:parse var="doc" xml="${param.xml}" />
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>$doc/students/student/name/first</td>
<td>
<x:out select="$doc/students/student/name/first" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>$doc/students/student[@id=2]/name/first</td>
<td>
<x:out
select="$doc/students/student[@id=2]/name/first" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>$doc/students/student[@id=1]/name/first</td>
<td>
<x:out
select="$doc/students/student[@id=12]/name/first" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</c:if>
</body>
</html>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<students>
<student id="1">
<name>
<first>A</first>
<last>B</last>
<middle>T</middle>
</name>
<grade>
<points>88</points>
<letter>B</letter>
</grade>
</student>
<student id="2">
<name>
<first>C</first>
<last>D</last>
<middle>K</middle>
</name>
<grade>
<points>92</points>
<letter>A</letter>
</grade>
</student>
<student id="3">
<name>
<first>E</first>
<last>F</last>
<middle>A</middle>
</name>
<grade>
<points>72</points>
<letter>C</letter>
</grade>
</student>
</students>
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