RE: Empty nodes

Mike and others explained this fully,
see 

http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N3328.html#d122e60

Regards DaveP

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 July 2001 14:33
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE:  Empty nodes
> 
> 
> > You make me confuse ... :)
> > Do you mind to give us some examples of
> > 1. "has no child nodes"
> > 2. "has zero-length string value"
> > 3. "has no child elements or text nodes"
> 
> <a/> satisfies 1,2, and 3
> <a><b/></a> satisfies 2
> <a><!--comment--></a> satisfies 2 and 3.
> 
> Attributes, on these definitions, make no difference. But of 
> course you are
> perfectly entitled to define "empty" as meaning "has no 
> attributes", if
> that's what you want to test for.
> 
> PS, please tell your legal department to stop adding this 
> junk to your mail.
> I haven't read it, and I hereby give notice that I regard it 
> as having no
> legal effect. And the same applies to everyone else.
> 
> Mike Kay
> 
> 
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