Question

I have the following xml document. I am trying to select any child which has a sibling with the same value2 and where value3 is not Closed.

<root>
  <child>
    <value1>Type A</value1>
    <value2>Class 1</value2>
    <value3>Active</value3>
  </child>
  <child>
    <value1>Type B</value1>
    <value2>Class 1</value2>
    <value3>Closed</value3>
  </child>
  <child>
    <value1>Type C</value1>
    <value2>Class 2</value2>
    <value3>Active</value3>
  </child>
  <child>
    <value1>Type D</value1>
    <value2>Class 2</value2>
    <value3>Active</value3>
  </child>
  <child>
    <value1>Type E</value1>
    <value2>Class 3</value2>
    <value3>Active</value3>
  </child>
</root>

My attempt is:

//child[following-sibling::child/value2=value2 and value3!=’Closed’]

but this is not having the desired result of applying the multiple conditions to the following-sibling function.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

//child[value2 = following-sibling::child[not(value3 = 'Closed')]/value2]

To apply to any sibling, union the following-sibling and the preceding-sibling axes.

//child[value2 = (following-sibling::child | preceding-sibling::child)[not(value3 = 'Closed')]/value2]