RE: [xsl] detecting attribute node type

Subject: RE: [xsl] detecting attribute node type
From: "Oleg Tkachenko" <olegt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:21:46 +0200
Hello Mike !

Nice trick, thanks.

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Oleg Tkachenko
Multiconn International

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Kay
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 1:45 PM
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> Subject: RE: [xsl] detecting attribute node type
> 
> 
> > Is there an efficient way to detect by XPath expression (not
> > by a pattern) that current node is an attribute node ?
> 
> It's surprisingly difficult.
> 
> If you only want to distinguish it from element nodes, you can do
> <xsl:if test="not(namespace::*)">
> since an element always has at least one namespace node, and an attribute
> never has any.
> 
> Mike Kay
> Software AG
> 
> 
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