Joern,
An attribute pointer (like many other kinds of pointers) holds onto the
node it represents and therefore may return a stale value. To get the
fresh value you need to do something like this:
Object newValue = context.getValue(pointer.asPath());
I hope this helps.
- Dmitri
--- joern turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello,
>
> i've got a problem evaluating predicates when used in conjunction
> with
> relative contexts.
>
> here the xml-input i'm using:
> <people>
> <person name="Name1"></person>
> <person name="Name2"></person>
> <person name="Name3"></person>
> <person name="Name4"></person>
> <new name="NameX"></new>
> </people>
>
>
> here's the code:
>
> //document is a DOM containing the above xml
> JXPathContext rootContext = JXPathContext.newContext(document);
>
> //the xpath must be evaluated relative to pointer
> Pointer pointer = rootContext.getPointer("/people/new/@name");
> JXPathContext relativeContext =
> rootContext.getRelativeContext(this.pointer);
>
> //ok
>
assertTrue(relativeContext.getPointer("not(//person/@name=.)").getValue().toString().equals("true"));
>
> //fails
> this.pointer.setValue("Name1");
>
assertTrue(relativeContext.getPointer("not(//person/@name=.)").getValue().toString().equals("false"));
>
> i've tried this and that but with no success. can someone shed some
> light on this or teach me what i'm doing wrong?
>
> thanks,
>
>
> Joern
>
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