wildcards in XPATH expressions?

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Context: In a groovy script, a request is modified as inholder1["//NodeA/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid")
holder1["//NodeB/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid")
...You can see the node always starts with Node ans is then followed optionally by some string.&nbsp;Question: Is it possible to make 1 XPATH expression taht matches all Node* named nodes? Is there a different way to achieve this in a different way?The reason a groovy script is used is because lots of requests have to be changed and regular property transfer doesnt allow that (I presume).

nmrao · Answer

See if this is what you are looking for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21405267/xpath-using-regex-in-contains-function

mtroost · Answer

Thank you, I think it might be something just like that. Only I wouldnt know how to apply this to my situation. I also dont get what @id refers to.

holder1["//*[starts-with(@id,'Plaatsing') and ends-with(@id,'DAVINCIObjectID')"] =project.getPropertyValue("Plaatsing_objectid")

This grants me an error

XPath syntax error at char 70 on line 2 in {...ds-with(@id,'DAVINCIObjectI...}: expected "]", found " " error at line: 17

nmrao · Answer

Not sure if you are still having the issue. If yes, then please post the xml and what node value you wanted to get.

mtroost · Answer

Consider the following XML&lt;soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:raad="http://raadpleegles.aanboddienst-01_00.davinci.ov.vlaanderen.be"&gt;
   &lt;soapenv:Header/&gt;
   &lt;soapenv:Body&gt;
      &lt;raad:RaadpleegLes&gt;
	 	&lt;LesCreate&gt;
	          &lt;ObjectID&gt;2d4e672c-8ebb-4a6d-9ee6-12eabf4b446a:14c47413430&lt;/ObjectID&gt;
               &lt;ConcurrencyToken&gt;cdb93192-c8e9-4f85-9e52-54f2482b99c9:14c47413430&lt;/ConcurrencyToken&gt;
	 	&lt;/LesCreate&gt;
	 	&lt;LesDelete&gt;
	          &lt;ObjectID&gt;5d4e672c-8ebb-4a6d-9ee6-12eabf4b446a:14c47413430&lt;/ObjectID&gt;
               &lt;ConcurrencyToken&gt;cdb93192-c8e9-4f85-9e52-54f2482b99c9:14c47413430&lt;/ConcurrencyToken&gt;
	 	&lt;/LesDelete&gt;
	 	&lt;Les&gt;
	          &lt;ObjectID&gt;hd4e672c-8ebb-4a6d-9ee6-12eabf4b446a:14c47413430&lt;/ObjectID&gt;
               &lt;ConcurrencyToken&gt;cdb93192-c8e9-4f85-9e52-54f2482b99c9:14c47413430&lt;/ConcurrencyToken&gt;
	 	&lt;/Les&gt;
	 	&lt;DONTCHANGE&gt;
	          &lt;ObjectID&gt;hd4e672c-8ebb-4a6d-9ee6-12eabf4b446a:14c47413430&lt;/ObjectID&gt;
               &lt;ConcurrencyToken&gt;cdb93192-c8e9-4f85-9e52-54f2482b99c9:14c47413430&lt;/ConcurrencyToken&gt;
	 	&lt;/DONTCHANGE&gt;
      &lt;/raad:RaadpleegLes&gt;
   &lt;/soapenv:Body&gt;
&lt;/soapenv:Envelope&gt;Several nodes name name starting with the string "Les". In those nodes Id like to change the value of their child node named "ObjectID". I can not do that for everything else like "DONTTOUCH". To substitute this script will work fineimport com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.*
import com.eviware.soapui.support.XmlHolder

def groovyUtils = new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils( context ) 
def steps = testRunner.testCase.getTestStepsOfType( WsdlTestRequestStep.class )
def project = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project
for (step in steps) {
	log.info step.name// + step.getLabel()
	def holder1 = groovyUtils.getXmlHolder( step.testRequest.requestContent )
	assert project.getPropertyValue("objectid") != null, "no objectid set"
	holder1["//Les/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid")
	holder1["//LesCreate/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid")
	holder1["//LesDelete/ObjectID"]=project.getPropertyValue("objectid")
	holder1.updateProperty()
	step.testRequest.setRequestContent (holder1.getXml());
}In the example I included only 3 different names for the nodes to replace (Les, LesCreate, LesDelete). Now imagine there are not 3 but hundreds of possibilities, then how should one go about this?Providing an expression the equivalent of //Les*/ObjectID would be my first attempt but I cant see how to include that in the supplied groovy script.&nbsp;

tanyayatskovska · Answer

Hi,
&nbsp;
Perhaps, it makes sense to search for all ObjectID nodes whose parent contains Les. Something like this:
//ObjectID/parent::*[contains(name(), "Les")]

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