XPath Tutorial - How to select elements in XPATH based on attribute and element value example

In this XPATH tutorial we will see example of selecting elements based upon its value or attribute value. We will see how to select between two elements based upon value of its child elements or based upon value of its attribute. XPATH is an important concept to understand if you are working with XML files. Most of Back-office platform relies on XML files for transporting data from one system to other and if you are working on any back-office or middle office system in Java or .NET, its important to know about XPATH and be able to use XPATH to select data from XML. Some time back I have shared my XPATH notes for Java programmer and this example shows true power of XPATH as how convenient its to made selective decision. For those who are completely new in XML and XPATH, XPATH is great xml tool which allows you to query XML document and select or retrieve selective data much like SQL but if you are new to XPATH or haven't had much experience with XML tool and technology than you will struggle to find correct syntax of XPATH for your different need.

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