element.selectXpath unexpected behaviour.

[zaurkadiev]

Example:

Let's assume we have same elements div1, div2, div3 with a similar inner tag structure.

If I have element div2 and try element.selectXpath(path), I have the result from div1. Similar with the element div3. If I have the element div3 and call element.selectXpath(path) I have the result from div1.

By the way element.select(selector) works just as expected, div1 selects only inside div1 scope, div1 inside div1 scope, etc.

Seems like this is an issue:

Inside mentioned test case.
https://github.com/jhy/jsoup/blame/be24647192f7870da500fb83650bacafed81151f/src/test/java/org/jsoup/select/XpathTest.java#L38

assertEquals(1, div.selectXpath("//body").size()); // the whole document is visible on the div context

Originally posted by @zaurkadiev in #1856 (comment)

[jhy]

Rather than a picture and a narrative, your report would be a lot better with a simple repeatable test case showing what you're trying to do, what you're getting, and what you want instead. You haven't mentioned what XPath query you are using so I can't evaluate your issue.

However - by referencing the //body test case, my guess is that you are using absolute queries? The element.selectXpath() method uses the given element as the context, but the entire DOM is still available. If you provide a relative query, it will be relative to the context element, and if you provide an absolute query, it will be absolute to the entire DOM. Hence, the test case.

See #1652 for background on this.

LMK if with that understanding your issue is resolved, otherwise please provide a simple test case.