{"json_modified": "2016-03-28T07:41:18.339362", "uuid": "ca2a45ca-24c9-4904-b12b-450537c3b94b", "title": "XPathExpression", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/XPathExpression", "tags": ["Document", "XML", "DOM", "XPath", "NeedsUpdate"], "translations": [{"uuid": "a9e03b2b-5d60-4e06-89d5-9f0cbaa2c5b1", "title": "XPath", "url": "/zh-CN/docs/XPath", "tags": ["XPath"], "summary": "XPath stands for XML Path Language, it uses a non-XML syntax that provides a flexible way of addressing (pointing to) different parts of an <a href=\"/cn/XML\" title=\"cn/XML\">XML</a> document. As well as this, it can also be used to test addressed nodes within a document to determine whether they match a pattern or not.", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "zh-CN", "last_edit": "2014-05-09T22:11:05", "review_tags": []}], "modified": "2015-10-12T06:11:39", "label": "XPathExpression", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 373, "last_edit": "2015-10-12T06:11:37", "summary": "An <code>XPathExpression</code> is a compiled XPath query returned from <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/createExpression\" title=\"This method compiles an XPathExpression which can then be used for (repeated) evaluations.\"><code>document.createExpression()</code></a>. It has a method <code>evaluate()</code> which can be used to execute the compiled XPath.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Methods", "title": "Methods"}], "slug": "Web/API/XPathExpression", "review_tags": []}