XPath实例教程十三、ancestor轴

ancestor轴(axis)包含上下节点的祖先节点, 该祖先节点由其上下文节点的父节点以及父节点的父节点等等诸如此类的节点构成,所以ancestor轴总是包含有根节点,除非上下文节点就是根节点本身.

/AAA/BBB/DDD/CCC/EEE/ancestor::*

选择一个绝对路径上的所有节点

     <AAA>
          <BBB>
               <DDD>
                    <CCC>
                         <DDD/>
                         <EEE/>
                    </CCC>
               </DDD>
          </BBB>
          <CCC>
               <DDD>
                    <EEE>
                         <DDD>
                              <FFF/>
                         </DDD>
                    </EEE>
               </DDD>
          </CCC>
     </AAA>

 

//FFF/ancestor::*

选择FFF元素的祖先节点

     <AAA>
          <BBB>
               <DDD>
                    <CCC>
                         <DDD/>
                         <EEE/>
                    </CCC>
               </DDD>
          </BBB>
          <CCC>
               <DDD>
                    <EEE>
                         <DDD>
                              <FFF/>
                         </DDD>
                    </EEE>
               </DDD>
          </CCC>
     </AAA>