Result will be accessed unconverted as the expression returned it.

Result will be accessed as a single node value, any of the resulting nodes.

This is equal to FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE since the result is always document-ordered.

Result will be accessed as boolean.

Result will be accessed as a single node value, the first resulting node in document-ordered.

Convert result to number.

Result will be accessed iteratively which must be document-ordered.

Result will be accessed as a snapshot list of nodes which must be document-ordered.

Result will be accessed as a string.

Result will be accessed iteratively, node order insignificant.

This is equal to ORDERED_NODE_ITERATOR_TYPE since the result is always document-ordered.

Result will be accessed as a snapshot list of nodes, node order insignificant.

This is equal to ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE since the result is always document-ordered.

Resulting boolean.

Signifies that the iterator has become invalid.

Resulting number.

The value of this single node result, maybe undefined.

The number of nodes in the result snapshot.

Resulting string.

Unconverted result as returned by our internal evaluator.

This is a non-standard property which is set to the raw unconverted result from our expression evaluator. It’s of the type number, string, boolean or an Array with nodes depending on expression. If you prefer to work with arrays instead of XPathResult.snapshotItem You can check for this property and use it directly.

Example

 function selectNodes (expr) {
   // Cross-browser safe way of selecting nodes and return an Array 
   var r = document.evaluate('//LI', document, null, 7, null);
   if (typeof r.value != 'undefined') return r.value;
   var a = [];
   for (var i = r.snapshotLength; --i >= 0; a[i] = r.snapshotItem(i));
   return a;
 }