Method first_element_by_path

Source/ThirdParty/pugixml/pugixml.cpp:5373–5418

#endif

	PUGI__FN xml_node xml_node::first_element_by_path(const char_t* path_, char_t delimiter) const
	{
		xml_node found = *this; // Current search context.

		if (!_root || !path_ || !path_[0]) return found;

		if (path_[0] == delimiter)
		{
			// Absolute path; e.g. '/foo/bar'
			found = found.root();
			++path_;
		}

		const char_t* path_segment = path_;

		while (*path_segment == delimiter) ++path_segment;

		const char_t* path_segment_end = path_segment;

		while (*path_segment_end && *path_segment_end != delimiter) ++path_segment_end;

		if (path_segment == path_segment_end) return found;

		const char_t* next_segment = path_segment_end;

		while (*next_segment == delimiter) ++next_segment;

		if (*path_segment == '.' && path_segment + 1 == path_segment_end)
			return found.first_element_by_path(next_segment, delimiter);
		else if (*path_segment == '.' && *(path_segment+1) == '.' && path_segment + 2 == path_segment_end)
			return found.parent().first_element_by_path(next_segment, delimiter);
		else
		{
			for (xml_node_struct* j = found._root->first_child; j; j = j->next_sibling)
			{
				if (j->name && impl::strequalrange(j->name, path_segment, static_cast<size_t>(path_segment_end - path_segment)))
				{
					xml_node subsearch = xml_node(j).first_element_by_path(next_segment, delimiter);

					if (subsearch) return subsearch;
				}
			}

			return xml_node();
		}
	}

	PUGI__FN bool xml_node::traverse(xml_tree_walker& walker)
	{