XPath problem on finding a SVG element

[aurium]

The /tmp/bola.svg was created with Inkscape. I'm trying to use XPath to simulate the DOM method getElementById.

x = REXML::Document.new( File.new( '/tmp/bola.svg' ) ) => <UNDEFINED> ... </> x.elements[1].elements[5] => <path sodipodi:type='arc' ... id='bola' ... /> x.elements/descendant::*[attribute::id="bola"]? => nil x.elements/descendant::*[@id="bola"]? => nil x.elementsdescendant::*[@id="bola"]? => nil x.elements/descendant::*[@sodipodi:type="arc"]? => <path sodipodi:type='arc' ... id='bola' ... />

So... as you can see we can select elements by some attributes, but not by others. On the last year elements/descendant::*[@id="bola"]? works. There are some regressive bug. I will attach the bola.svg to you test it.

[aurium]

REXML cant find the bol with this XPath: '/descendant::*[@:id="bola"]'

[aurium]

Better code formating:

x = REXML::Document.new( File.new( '/tmp/bola.svg' ) )
=> <UNDEFINED> ... </>
x.elements[1].elements[5]
=> <path sodipodi:type='arc' ... id='bola' ... />
x.elements['/descendant::*[attribute::id="bola"]']
=> nil
x.elements['/descendant::*[@id="bola"]']
=> nil
x.elements['descendant::*[@id="bola"]']
=> nil
x.elements['/descendant::*[@sodipodi:type="arc"]']
=> <path sodipodi:type='arc' ... id='bola' ... />