Quick XSLT Question

[Mike King]

Does the following code have any defined behavior in XSLT or XPath? I have
tried this before and it didn't do what I thought it should do. Instead, I
had to use the local-name() function and compare it with a string
representing the element of interest.

<xsl:if test=". = SomeElement">
</xsl:if>

[David Carlisle]

"Mike King" <em*****@excite.com> writes:

Does the following code have any defined behavior in XSLT or XPath? I have
tried this before and it didn't do what I thought it should do. Instead, I
had to use the local-name() function and compare it with a string
representing the element of interest.

<xsl:if test=". = SomeElement">
</xsl:if>

it tests if the string value of the current node is equal to the string
value of its SomeElement child so if the current element is x it would
be true on

<x><a/><b/><SomeElement>aaa</SomeElement></x>

as they both have string value aaa.

You probably wanted

test="self::SomeElement"

which tests if the current node is a SomeElement element.

david

[Mike King]

> it tests if the string value of the current node is equal to the string

value of its SomeElement child so if the current element is x it would
be true on

<x><a/><b/><SomeElement>aaa</SomeElement></x>

as they both have string value aaa.

You probably wanted

test="self::SomeElement"

which tests if the current node is a SomeElement element.

david

Thank you very much!