xpath parent attribute of selection

Question

Syntax of the xml document:

  
    Z 
    Z__2
    Z__3   
           


        

Answer 1

Instead of traversing back to the parent, just find the right parent to begin with:

• //x will select all x elements.
• //x[//z] will select all x elements which have z elements as descendants.
• //x[//z]/@name will get the name attribute of each of those elements.