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isValidXpathQuery

isValidXpathQuery(query) this method checks the validity of an XPath query string.

Parameters

query

The XPath query string to check.

Returns

Returns true is the query is a valid XPath query string, false otherwise.

Example

The method can be used to check the validity of a XPath query prior to use:

if (search.isValidXpathQuery(query)){
    nodes = search.xpathSearch(query);
}
else {
  // ...
}