XPath: Navigating XML with XPath 1.0 and 2.0 Kick Start

Chapter 9. The XPath 2.0 Numeric, Constructor, and Context Functions

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introducing the XPath 2.0 Functions

• Using Accessor Functions

• Using the fn:error Function

• Using Context Functions

• Using Numeric Functions

• In Brief

Introducing the XPath 2.0 Functions

This chapter starts our coverage of the many functions built into XPath 2.0. Although we've seen structural changes in XPath 2.0 compared to XPath 1.0 in the preceding two chapters, on a sheer size basis, there's no question that all the new functions added to XPath 2.0 are the biggest change.

The specification for the XPath 2.0 functions appears in the document XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, which is at http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-operators.

This document is an integral part ...