Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class XPath

Class XPath

         object --+    
                  |    
_XPathEvaluatorBase --+
                      |
                     XPath

Known Subclasses:: cssselect.CSSSelector, ETXPath

A compiled XPath expression that can be called on Elements and ElementTrees.

Besides the XPath expression, you can pass prefix-namespace mappings and extension functions to the constructor through the keyword arguments ``namespaces`` and ``extensions``. EXSLT regular expression support can be disabled with the 'regexp' boolean keyword (defaults to True).

Instance Methods

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__call__(...)

__init__(...)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

__new__(T, S, ...)
Returns: a new object with type S, a subtype of T

__repr__(...)
repr(x)

Inherited from _XPathEvaluatorBase: evaluate

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __str__

Properties

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path

Inherited from _XPathEvaluatorBase: error_log

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(...)
(Constructor)

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Overrides: _XPathEvaluatorBase.__init__

new(T, S, ...)

Returns:

a new object with type S, a subtype of T

Overrides: _XPathEvaluatorBase.__new__

repr(...)
(Representation operator)

repr(x)

Overrides: object.__repr__: (inherited documentation)

Class XPath

__init__(...) (Constructor)

__new__(T, S, ...)

__repr__(...) (Representation operator)

init(...)
(Constructor)

new(T, S, ...)

repr(...)
(Representation operator)