RE: [xsl] Xpath expression for nested elements with same name

Subject: RE: [xsl] Xpath expression for nested elements with same name
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 22:28:57 -0000
> I would like to return all nodes that are descendents of <g 
> id='match_this'>.  

g[@id='match_this']/descendant::node()

> Can you help with the path expression 
> please?  I would like to return the node set
> 
>    <g>
>     <rect x="100" y="100" width="10" height="10" />
>     <rect x="300" y="100" width="10" height="10" />
>     <rect x="500" y="100" width="10" height="10" />
>    </g>
> 

Hmm. That looks to me like the serialization of a single <g> node, not like
the serialization of a node-set containing 4 element nodes and 6 whitespace
text nodes, which is what g[@id='match_this']/descendant::node() will give
you.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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