RE: [libxml++] Patch for Node::find( nonexistent_xpath ) to retur n empty NodeSe t

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> xerces doesn't have an API for xpaths as far as I can see.

Xerces-J (Java) has an XPath module.
I haven't looked in detail.
In general, XML happens first for Java,
tythen for Python/Perl/etc.,
then for C, last for C++.

There's an Open Source add-on for Xerces-C
for XPath, http://software.decisionsoft.com/
Again, haven't tried it. Tastes iffy.