Script Syntax

objXMLDOMNode = objXMLDOMSelection.matches(objXMLDOMNode);

Example

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0");
var oSelection, nodeBook, node;
xmlDoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath");
xmlDoc.async = false;
xmlDoc.load("books.xml");
if (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode != 0) {
   var myErr = xmlDoc.parseError;
   alert("You have error " + myErr.reason);
} else {
   nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book");
   oSelection = xmlDoc.selectNodes("//*");
   node = oSelection.matches(nodeBook);
   alert(node.xml);
}

Visual Basic Syntax

objXMLDOMNode = objXMLDOMSelection.matches(objXMLDOMNode)

Example

Dim xmlDoc As New Msxml2.DOMDocument50
Dim oSelection As IXMLDOMSelection
Dim nodeBook As IXMLDOMNode
Dim node As IXMLDOMNode
xmlDoc.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load "books.xml"
If (xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0) Then
   Dim myErr
   Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseError
   MsgBox("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
   Set nodeBook = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("//book")
   Set oSelection = xmlDoc.selectNodes("//*")
   Set node = oSelection.matches(nodeBook)
   MsgBox node.xml
End If

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT matches(IXMLDOMNode* pNode, IXMLDOMNode** ppNode);

Parameters

pNode [in]

The node that is passed in.

ppNode [out, retval]

The Boolean result.

C/C++ Return Values

S_OK

The value returned if method successful.

E_INVALIDARG

The value returned if the pNode parameter is Null.

An error for cases that are not allowed, as outlined in the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) specification (applied to ID, IDREF, and Ancestor).