Re: [xsl] serialized form of XML using xslt 1.0

[Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/12/2012 15:39, Andrew Welch wrote:
> On 7 December 2012 15:31, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > <foo>
> > >     <bar/>
> > >     <bar xmlns=''/>
> > > </foo>
> > >
> > > with
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="bar">
> > >     <xsl:value-of select="boolean(namespace::*[name() = '']"/>
> > >
> > > Saxon 6.5.5 returns true true
> > >
> > > Xalan returns false true
> >
> > I would have expected false false. But it's Friday afternoon.
> ....and the day after the christmas party :-(  my head hurts.
>
> You are right - false false for Saxon, false true for Xalan.
>
> Any thoughts on a Xalan alternative approach?

Well, I imagine if they create a namespace node for xmlns="" then it 
will have name(.)="" and string(.)="", so you could test for that 
combination. A namespace node should never have string(.)="" so you 
could just filter out any such nodes.

Michael Kay
Saxonica