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  • From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
  • To: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@g...>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:52:52 +0100




>> Below if as the result of changes to the structure in the XMLe any of
>> the elements "some" "path" or "to" change, disappear, become reodered,
>> or now require predicates to be included, changed or removed that test
>> will not work. Note the multitude of things that the test is
>> vulnerable to.

The key think with test assertions is to assert the minimum required for success. If it's necessary for the column heading of a table to be bold, include that in the assertion; if this is incidental and irrelevant, then don't. XPath is quite flexible enough to enable you to assert what's necessary and ignore what isn't; that's it's great strength.

Michael Kay
Saxonica


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