Re: [xsl] XPath which tests that an element does not have mixed content?

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

My version:

empty(node() except (Person[1]|text()[not(normalize-space())]))

Cheers,
Wendell

On 11/3/2011 3:08 PM, Brandon Ibach wrote:
> I may be misinterpreting your requirement, but based on my initial
> read, I'd go with something like the following, which should work with
> any version of XPath/XSLT.  It is written to be evaluated in the
> context of<author>.
>
> count(Person) = 1 and not(text()[normalize-space(.)])
>
> -Brandon :)
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Costello, Roger L.<costello@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Would you please recommend an XPath expression which ensures that the content of<author>  is optional whitespace,<Person>, optional whitespace, and nothing else:
> >
> >     <author>
> >         <Person>
> >             <name>Simon L. Peyton Jones</name>
> >         </Person>
> >     </author>
> >
> > The result of the XPath expression is true if the content is as desired and false otherwise. The XPath should return true for the above example and false for the below example:
> >
> >     <author>
> >        The person is:
> >         <Person>
> >             <name>Simon L. Peyton Jones</name>
> >         </Person>
> >     </author>
> >
> >
> > /Roger

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