RE: [xsl] TestPresence

Subject: RE: [xsl] TestPresence
From: "McNally, David" <David.McNally@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:06:07 -0500
How you perform this test really depends on what you're trying to do, but if
you just want a match expression that will only match Theatre elements that
have actor children, then this'll do it:

"Theatre[actor]"

So from the root node you could do:

	<xsl:template match="//Theatre[actor]">
		<!-- processing for Theatre elements with actor children -->
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="//Theatre[not(actor)]">
		<!-- processing for Theatre elements without actor children
-->
	</xsl:template>

As has already been mentioned, though, you could also handle it with
apply-templates, or a nested if statement, or any number of other ways.


David.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Rutford [mailto:vsd18@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:10 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] TestPresence
> 
> 
> hi
> i have an xml file
> which is looks like below
> 
> <Theatre>
> <actor type="performer" listdefinition="1">
> <actorrank rank="1"/>
> </actor>
> </Theatre>
> 
> I have the requirement to check in xsl if there is any actor 
> element at all in the Theatre node.. If there is any then there 
> are some processing instructions to be applied.
> 
> is there a way in XPATH to check if the <Theatre> has <actor> 
> element or not??
> 
> please help
> w_r
> 
> 
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