check xml query result

Description

Check an XPath query result against an expected string.Result is Passed ifthe strings match; otherwise Failed.

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Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: remove double quotes from cells.

Applicable Controls

This action is applicable to the following controls: none

Example - Case 1: Using an XPath predicate in an XPath query

The following example retrieves the text from the title element of the first book element that is a child of a bookstore element and then compares the retrieved text against an expected value, Everyday Italian.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bookstore>
  <book id="bk101" category="COOKING">
    <title lang="en">Everyday Italian</title>
    <author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
    <year>2005</year>
    <price>30</price>
  </book>
  <book id="bk102" category="CHILDREN">
    <title lang="en">Harry Potter</title>
    <author>J K. Rowling</author>
    <year>2005</year>
    <price>35</price>
  </book>
</bookstore>

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Example - Case 2: Using an XPath function in an XPath query

The following example calculates the sum of all price nodes and then compares the returned sum against an expected value, 65.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bookstore>
  <book id="bk101" category="COOKING">
    <title lang="en">Everyday Italian</title>
    <author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
    <year>2005</year>
    <price>30</price>
  </book>
  <book id="bk102" category="CHILDREN">
    <title lang="en">Harry Potter</title>
    <author>J K. Rowling</author>
    <year>2005</year>
    <price>35</price>
  </book>
</bookstore>

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Example - Case 3: Using a data set

The following example iteratively retrieves the contents of the price element based on the title variable defined within a data set and then compares it against the expected value, price, also defined within the data set.

As an example, the first iteration of the use data set loop issues an XPath query of //price[../title="Everyday Italian"]/text().

Important: 
To have TestArchitect parse a quotation mark, enter four consecutive quotation marks into the editor cell, that is, """".

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bookstore>
  <book id="bk101" category="COOKING">
    <title lang="en">Everyday Italian</title>
    <author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
    <year>2005</year>
    <price>30.00</price>
  </book>
  <book id="bk102" category="CHILDREN">
    <title lang="en">Harry Potter</title>
    <author>J K. Rowling</author>
    <year>2005</year>
    <price>35</price>
  </book>
</bookstore>



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Example - Case 4: Passing an entire XML file’s content into the xml argument

The following example passes an entire well-formed XML string into the xml argument. Whitespace and line breaks between XML nodes within the document have been removed beforehand, as required.

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Example - Case 5: Resolving the problem of namespaces

In this example, an XPath query is run against the following XML file with a namespace:

<cr:cricketers xmlns:cr="http://www.example.com/">
   <cr:cricketer type="righty">
	<name>MS Dhoni</name>
	<role>Captain</role>
	<position>Wicket-Keeper</position>
   </cr:cricketer>
</cr:cricketers>

Use the local-name() function for your XPath, in order to retrieve the content of the <name> element of the cricketer node despite its enclosure in a namespace. For example, //*[local-name()=‘cricketer’]/name/text():

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