XPathException

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In the DOM XPath API the XPathException interface represents exception conditions that can be encountered while performing XPath operations.

Instance properties

XPathException.code Read only

Returns a short that contains one of the error code constants.

Constants

Constant Value Description
INVALID_EXPRESSION_ERR 51 If the expression has a syntax error or otherwise is not a legal expression according to the rules of the specific XPathEvaluator or contains specialized extension functions or variables not supported by this implementation.
TYPE_ERR 52 If the expression cannot be converted to return the specified type.

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