Re: [xsl] Pattern "node()" and document nodes

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 25/02/2010 16:25, Mukul Gandhi wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Florent Georges<lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >   Could someone confirm that the pattern "node()" matches a
> > document node?
>
> It is.
>
> I think, this test can verify that:
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:if test=". instance of node()">
>         true
>     </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
>
> This will print "true", if what you've started is true.

Mukul's code shows that the node test node() is true for document nodes, 
but the pattern node() doesn't match document nodes for the same reason 
that the xpath expression node() doesn't select document nodes.
in both cases they are abbreviations of child::node() and document nodes 
are never children.

David


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