[Mono-dev] XPath and Mono

[Atsushi Eno]

I have never tried but this might be a good starter for those interested 
in implementing such enhancements.
http://mvp-xml.sourceforge.net/exslt/

Atsushi Eno

Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
>    The current XPath stack on Mono is tied up to 1.0 because this is what
> .NET had.
>
>    Every once in a while we run into useful features from XPath 2.0 that
> would be useful to have.   And although a complete XPath implementation is
> not something that we want to jump into with both feet, it would be useful
> to introduce some of the simpler new functions that were part of XPath 
> 2.0,
> like the convenience "ends-with" method instead of the alternative mess:
>
> substring(/myXml/data,
>             string-length(/myXml/data) - string-length('World') +1
>             )
>
>
> Or:
>
> <stylesheet> or <transform> : <msxsl:script language="C#"
> implements-prefix="x"
> xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt">public bool ends_with
> (string s, string target) { return s.EndsWith (target);
> }</msxsl:script>
>
> and use "x:ends_with(foo, bar)" instead
>
>
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