/// /// <summary> * searches for the first element occurence in the ancestor elements /// * </summary> /// * <param name="element"> the element name </param> /// * <param name="nameSpaceURI"> the XML-namespace of the element </param> /// * <param name="xPath"> the xpath of a required attribute /// * @since 290502 </param> /// * <returns> value of attribute found, empty string if not available </returns> /// public virtual KElement getAncestorElement(string element, string nameSpaceURI, string xPath) { VElement v = getPoolChildren(null); bool bWildCard = isWildCard(xPath); // the last in list is the direct parent, the first is the original root for (int i = v.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--) { JDFAncestor ancestor = (JDFAncestor)v[i]; KElement e = ancestor.getElement(element, nameSpaceURI, 0); if ((e != null) && (bWildCard || e.hasXPathNode(xPath))) { return(e); } } // not found, return an empty element return(null); }