Implement the selectors API

[ntninja]

It would be nice if xmldom could implement the W3C Selectors API (http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-api/). Support can be easily added using an existing library such as nwmatcher.

Example of using nwmatchers selector implementation with xmldom:

    global.document = api.loadSource().ownerDocument || api.loadSource(); // Set `document` object in fake "browser window" (node.js environment)
    global.document.addEventListener = function() {}; // Workaround since `nwmatcher` otherwise thinks that the document was created by IE<9 and only supports `document.all` API
    var matcher = nwmatcher(global);  // Initialize `nwmatcher` for document

    // Example of `.querySelector()`
    var match = matcher.first(pattern, element);

[n1k0]

:+1:

[AlexDmr]

Indeed! I really would like to be able to use querySelector !

[codler]

and querySelectorAll

[raffazizzi]

This has been open for several years... no interest from the devs? These functions are really convenient.

[coder-free]

xmlData.querySelector is not a function;

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