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RE: How to test the existence of an element inside an XML file ?
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] How to test the existence of an element inside an XML file ?
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:16:19 +0100
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> I would like to know if it's possible to test in xsl the
> existence of an element inside an XML file.
If you are looking for an <xxx> element anywhere in the source document:
<xsl:if test="//xxx">
>
> I've tried the function element-available but it doesn't
> work, i've got this message :
>
> Error! ElemTemplateElement error: Can not resolve namespace prefix:
>
element-available() is designed to check whether a particular XSLT
instruction is offered by your XSLT processor, e.g.
<xsl:if test="element-available('xsl:document')">
to test for the xsl:document instruction described in the XSLT 1.1 working
draft.
Mike Kay
Software AG
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