diff m-toolbox/classes/+utils/@xml/getChildByName.m @ 0:f0afece42f48

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author Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it>
date Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:22:13 +0100
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+function result = getChildByName(node, childName)
+  
+  persistent FACTORY
+  persistent XPATH
+  
+  if isempty(FACTORY)
+    FACTORY = javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory.newInstance();
+  end
+  if isempty(XPATH)
+    XPATH   = FACTORY.newXPath();
+  end
+  
+  expression = XPATH.compile(sprintf('child::%s', childName));
+  result = expression.evaluate(node, javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants.NODE);
+  
+end