Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class XPath

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Class XPath

         object --+    
                  |    
_XPathEvaluatorBase --+
                      |
                     XPath

Known Subclasses:

XPath(self, path, namespaces=None, extensions=None, regexp=True) 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

__call__(self, _etree_or_element, **_variables)

__init__(self, path, namespaces=None, extensions=None, regexp=True)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

a new object with type S, a subtype of T

__new__(T, S, ...)

__repr__(...)
repr(x)

Inherited from _XPathEvaluatorBase: evaluate

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

Properties

path

Inherited from _XPathEvaluatorBase: error_log

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

init(self, path, namespaces=None, extensions=None, regexp=True)
(Constructor)

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

Overrides: object.__init__

new(T, S, ...)

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

repr(...)
(Representation operator)

repr(x)

Overrides: object.__repr__: (inherited documentation)