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Re^2: Some issues with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->xpath() method

by dfaure (Chaplain)
on Apr 02, 2013 at 12:23 UTC ( [id://1026670]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Some issues with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->xpath() method
in thread Some issues with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->xpath() method

The code of WWW::Mechanize::Firefox basically passes XPath queries straight through to Firefox, so if there is a Javascript error raised by the XPath method, that error most likely comes directly from Firefox itself.

Could'nt the issue come from the js glue between Perl and Firefox, being unable to deal with XPathResults different from nodes?

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Re^3: Some issues with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->xpath() method
by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 02, 2013 at 12:30 UTC

    The JS glue just passes along whatever document.evaluate returns, after converting that array-like XPathResults list into a plain array:

    function(doc,q,ref,cont) { var xres = doc.evaluate(q,ref,null,XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SN +APSHOT_TYPE, null ); var map; if( cont ) { map = cont; } else { // Default is identity map = function(e){ return e }; }; var res = []; for ( var i=0 ; i < xres.snapshotLength; i++ ) { res.push( map(xres.snapshotItem(i))); }; return res }

    I'm no expert on XPath and its semantics, but if somebody submits a bug report and preferrably a self-contained example, I can investigate things closer.

      I'm no expert on XPath and its semantics, but if somebody submits a bug report and preferrably a self-contained example, I can investigate things closer.

      You may safely use the code I provided in the OP as example. I'm simply using Firebug+FirePath addons on the target Firefox, to get results from javascript only.

      According to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/nsIDOMXPathResult#Type_constants, I think the problem comes from the parameters given to the XPath evaluator, which limits the retrieved elements to nodesets. IMHO, the solution would be to use XPathResult.ANY_TYPE and perhaps a more elaborated function than identity to build the result set.

      Should I open a bug on RT for this?

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Re^3: Some issues with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->xpath() method (check your code)
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 02, 2013 at 12:42 UTC

    I think its your code, instead of Dumpering %results dump @xpr and look for stringValue

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