RXS_XPath()

This subprocedure assists with building an XPath string. This is recommended over simply manually building an XPath string.

In addition to providing an easy way to include numeric replacement values, it also allows for including a wildcard namespace. The wildcard namespace syntax is translated to its’ XPath 1.0 equivalent and returned along with any replacements that were passed.

Subprocedure Prototype

IBM i 6.1+

`D RXS_XPath... D PR Extproc('RXS_XPath') Opdesc D Like(RXS_Var8Kv_t) D Rtnparm`	Returns the constructed XPath string.
`D pXPath Like(RXS_Var8Kv_t) Const D Options(*Varsize)`	Holds the initial XPath string template
`D pReplacement1 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement2 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement3 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement4 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement5 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement6 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement7 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement8 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement9 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.
`D pReplacement10... D 10U 0 Value Options(*Nopass)`	Holds a numeric replacement value. Replaces the first unreplaced %u found in the XPath string template.

Example Code

IBM i 6.1+

Example 1

*--------------------------------------------------------------
* This example code demonstrates creating an XPath that can be used for
*  further processing.
*--------------------------------------------------------------
H DFTACTGRP(*NO) BNDDIR('RXSBND') ACTGRP(*CALLER)

 /copy QRPGLECPY,RXSCB

D gXPath          S                   Like(RXS_Var1Kv_t)
 /free
  gXPath = RXS_XPath( '/*:bookstore/*:book' );

  *INLR = *ON;
 /end-free