定义:
XML 指可扩展标记语言(eXtensible Markup Language)。被设计用来传输和存储数据
XPath 是一门在 XML文档中查找信息的语言。XPath可用来在 XML 文档中对元素和属性进行遍历。
它是 W3C XSLT 标准的主要元素,并且 XQuery 和 XPointer 都构建于 XPath 表达之上。
所以,对 XPath 的理解是很多高级 XML 应用的基础。
JSON: JavaScript Object Notation(JavaScript 对象表示法),是存储和交换文本信息的语法,类似 XML;JSON 比 XML 更小、更快,更易解析
JSON 独立于语言:JSON 使用 Javascript语法来描述数据对象,但是 JSON 仍然独立于语言和平台。JSON 解析器和 JSON 库支持许多不同的编程语言。目前非常多的动态(PHP,JSP,.NET)编程语言都支持JSON
xpath跟jsonpath区别
XPath | JSONPath | Description |
/ | $ | the root object/element |
. | @ | the current object/element |
/ | . or [] | child operator |
.. | n/a | parent operator |
// | .. | recursive descent. JSONPath borrows this syntax from E4X. |
* | * | wildcard. All objects/elements regardless their names. |
@ | n/a | attribute access. JSON structures don't have attributes. |
[] | [] | subscript operator. XPath uses it to iterate over element collections and for predicates. In Javascript and JSON it is the native array operator. |
| | [,] | Union operator in XPath results in a combination of node sets. JSONPath allows alternate names or array indices as a set. |
n/a | [start:end:step] | array slice operator borrowed from ES4. |
[] | ?() | applies a filter (script) expression. |
n/a | () | script expression, using the underlying script engine. |
() | n/a | grouping in Xpath |
举例:
json示例
{ "store": {
"book": [
{ "category": "reference",
"author": "Nigel Rees",
"title": "Sayings of the Century",
"price": 8.95
},
{ "category": "fiction",
"author": "Evelyn Waugh",
"title": "Sword of Honour",
"price": 12.99
},
{ "category": "fiction",
"author": "Herman Melville",
"title": "Moby Dick",
"isbn": "0-553-21311-3",
"price": 8.99
},
{ "category": "fiction",
"author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
"title": "The Lord of the Rings",
"isbn": "0-395-19395-8",
"price": 22.99
}
],
"bicycle": {
"color": "red",
"price": 19.95
}
}
}
XPath | JSONPath | Result |
/store/book/author | $.store.book[*].author | the authors of all books in the store |
//author | $..author | all authors |
/store/* | $.store.* | all things in store, which are some books and a red bicycle. |
/store//price | $.store..price | the price of everything in the store. |
//book[3] | $..book[2] | the third book |
//book[last()] | $..book[(@.length-1)] $..book[-1:] | the last book in order. |
//book[position()<3] | $..book[0,1] $..book[:2] | the first two books |
//book[isbn] | $..book[?(@.isbn)] | filter all books with isbn number |
//book[price<10] | $..book[?(@.price<10)] | filter all books cheapier than 10 |
//* | $..* | all Elements in XML document. All members of JSON structure. |