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Query XPath
function queryXPath(expr, ctx, type){
ctx = ctx || document;
type = type || XPathResult.ANY_TYPE;
var doc = ctx.nodeType === Node.DOCUMENT_NODE ? ctx : ctx.ownerDocument;
var nsResolver = doc.createNSResolver(doc.documentElement);
var arr = [], i = null;
try {
expr = ("" + expr).replace(/\bhasClass\(["'](\w+)["']\)/, function(expr, className){
return "contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), ' " + className + " ')";
});
var res = doc.evaluate(expr, ctx, nsResolver, type, null);
type = res.resultType;
if(type === XPathResult.NUMBER_TYPE) {
return res.numberValue;
} else if (type === XPathResult.STRING_TYPE) {
return res.stringValue;
} else if (type === XPathResult.BOOLEAN_TYPE) {
return res.booleanValue;
} else if (type === XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE || type === XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE) {
while((i = res.iterateNext()) !== null) {
arr.push(i);
}
return arr;
} else if (type === XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE || type === XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE) {
for (i = 0; i < res.snapshotLength; i++ ) {
arr.push(res.snapshotItem(i));
}
return arr;
} else if (type === XPathResult.ANY_UNORDERED_NODE_TYPE || type === XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE) {
return res.singleNodeValue;
} else {
throw new Error('Unknown result type ' + type);
}
} catch(e) {
console.log(e);
return null;
}
}
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