I'm new to XSLT and I can't figure out how to get an xsl:if that matches when there are no child tags.
I want this to match:
<context>
howdy
</context>
And this not:
<context>
<child>
howdy
</child>
</context>
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A:
the relevant xpath expression should look like:
//context[not(./*)]
Jonathan Fingland
2009-05-26 21:54:41
Sweet thanks! I was trying things with text(). I would have thought * matched text nodes also...
Adam A
2009-05-26 22:04:11
./* is the same as just *, so you can leave out the "./" part, as in: //context[not(*)]. Also, "*" is short for "child::*", and the "principal node type" for the child axis is elements. Thus it only selects elements. Similarly, "@*" (which is short for "attribute::*") only selects attributes.
Evan Lenz
2009-05-27 03:59:20