# objects(forXQuery:constants:) Returns the objects resulting from executing an XQuery query upon the receiver. ``` func objects(forXQuery xquery: String, constants: [String : Any]?) throws -> [Any] ``` ## Parameters `xquery` A string that expresses an XQuery query. `constants` A dictionary containing externally declared constants where the name of each constant variable is a key. ## Discussion The receiver acts as the context item for the query (”.”). If the receiver has been changed after parsing to have multiple adjacent text nodes, you should invoke the `NSXMLElement` method [`normalizeAdjacentTextNodesPreservingCDATA(_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLElement/normalizeAdjacentTextNodesPreservingCDATA(_:)) (with an argument of ) to coalesce the text nodes before querying. > Handling Errors in Swift: > In Swift, this method returns a nonoptional result and is marked with the `throws` keyword to indicate that it throws an error in cases of failure. > > You call this method in a `try` expression and handle any errors in the `catch` clauses of a `do` statement, as described in [Error Handling](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/ErrorHandling.html) in [The Swift Programming Language](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/) and `About Imported Cocoa Error Parameters`. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)