Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class XPath

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# Class XPath

             object --+
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    _XPathEvaluatorBase --+
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                         XPath

Known Subclasses:
  cssselect.CSSSelector, ETXPath

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 | [hide private]

__call__(...) |

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

__new__(T, S, ...) Returns: a new object with type S, a subtype of T |

__repr__(...) repr(x) |

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

Properties | [hide private]

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Inherited from `_XPathEvaluatorBase`: `error_log` Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details | [hide private]

### __init__(...)
(Constructor)

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

Overrides: _XPathEvaluatorBase.__init__

### __new__(T, S, ...)

Returns:

      a new object with type S, a subtype of T

Overrides: _XPathEvaluatorBase.__new__

### __repr__(...)
(Representation operator)

repr(x)

Overrides: object.__repr__
  (inherited documentation)