Re: Test for child node categories

I assume you only want to count element children and that comments or
white space used fro indentation should be ignored:


> a) all the children of answer are textcontent;

test="*[not(self::em or self::sub or self::sup)]"
is true if there is an element node that is not text content

b) all the children of answer are blockcontent;

as above, with different element names, or

test="count(*)=count(para|note|warning|table|img|define|list|ul|ol)"

c) there is a mixture of textcontent and blockcontent children

test="(para|note|warning|table|img|define|list|ul|ol) and
(text()[normalize-space()]em|sub|sup)"

> In the output HTML an <answer> element is going to generate a <div>, and
> case (a) will require a <div><p>...</p></div>, while in case (b) a simple
> <div>...</div> will suffice.

it depends how your stylesheet is structured, but it is rather rare that
you need any explict test, usually you just let the templates for (say)
answer/para
generate the needed <p> element.,


David

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