I have a XML from which I want to fetch all the Nodes with DataSource='Action' where Task Name='AddUsersToDistributionList'.
I tried the below code, but interestingly it is giving me all the Nodes where DataSource='Action' for all the tasks, even if the Task Name is mentioned specifically in the xpath.
[xml] $XMLInput =@'
<Process Name="AddUsersToDistributionList" Description="">
<Tasks>
<Task Enabled="True" Name="AddUsersToDistributionList" Description="Add users to Distribution List" Application="MS Exchange 2013+" OS="MS WIN Server 2008+" Enabled1="False">
<TaskInputs>
<Parameter Name="DistributionListName1" Mandatory="True" Datatype="Dictionary" DataSource="Action" Action="Get-DictionaryValue"/>
<Parameter Name="DistributionListName2" Mandatory="True" Datatype="Array" DataSource="Action" Action="Get-ArrayValue"/>
<Parameter Name="DistributionListName3" Mandatory="True" Datatype="String" DataSource="Action" Action="Get-StringValue"/>
<Parameter Name="DistributionListName4" Mandatory="True" Datatype="String" DataSource="Fixed"/>
</TaskInputs>
<TaskFeatures>
<Feature Name="Test" Enabled="true" Description="This allows the users outside organization to send Email to this Distribution List">
<Parameter Name="DistributionListName5" Mandatory="True" Datatype="String" DataSource="Action" Action="Get-StringValue"/>
<Parameter1 DataSource="Action" Action="Get-StringValue"/>
</Feature>
</TaskFeatures>
</Task>
<CustomTask Enabled="True" Name="RemoveUsersToDistributionList" Description="Add users to Distribution List" Application="MS Exchange 2013+" OS="MS WIN Server 2008+" Enabled1="False">
<TaskInputs>
<Parameter Name="DistributionListName401" Mandatory="True" Datatype="Dictionary" DataSource="Action" Action="Get-DictionaryValue"/>
<Parameter Name="DistributionListName402" Mandatory="True" Datatype="Array" DataSource="Action" Action="Get-ArrayValue"/>
<Parameter Name="DistributionListName403" Mandatory="True" Datatype="String" DataSource="Action" Action="Get-StringValue"/>
</TaskInputs>
</CustomTask>
</Tasks>
</Process>
'@
$XPath = "//Task[@Name='AddUsersToDistributionList'] | //CustomTask[@Name='AddUsersToDistributionList']"
$XMLInput.selectnodes($XPath).selectnodes("//*[@DataSource='Action']")
PS C:\Users\inspadhi\Desktop\Scripts> powershell.exe .\Test_Xpath.ps1
Name : DistributionListName1
Mandatory : True
Datatype : Dictionary
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-DictionaryValue
Name : DistributionListName2
Mandatory : True
Datatype : Array
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-ArrayValue
Name : DistributionListName3
Mandatory : True
Datatype : String
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-StringValue
Name : DistributionListName401
Mandatory : True
Datatype : Dictionary
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-DictionaryValue
Name : DistributionListName402
Mandatory : True
Datatype : Array
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-ArrayValue
Name : DistributionListName403
Mandatory : True
Datatype : String
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-StringValue
Name : DistributionListName1
Mandatory : True
Datatype : Dictionary
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-DictionaryValue
Name : DistributionListName2
Mandatory : True
Datatype : Array
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-ArrayValue
Name : DistributionListName3
Mandatory : True
Datatype : String
DataSource : Action
Action : Get-StringValue
Try the following (note the .
):
$XMLInput.SelectNodes($XPath).
SelectNodes(".//*[@DataSource='Action']")
Note that .SelectNodes()
has access to the entire document, irrespective of what node it is invoked on.
Therefore, //*
searches all elements in the whole document, which defeats the purpose of your $XPath
query.
To start your search from the node you're invoking .SelectNodes()
on, start your query with .
, as shown above.