Nope! > -----Original Message----- > From: bob mcwhirter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: den 18 april 2002 16:09 > To: Mattias Reichel > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Jaxen] Possible bug with processing instructions > > > Actually, now that I re-read the spec, I'm not certain what my point was. > (One of those days). > > Okay, an axis has a primary node type, but, so what? > > > Hmm... > > Does > preceding-sibling::node() > > manage to find the PI? > > -bob > > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Mattias Reichel wrote: > > > Hmm, > > > > Switching to preceding axis for clarity, but issue is the same. > > > > >From Michael Kay's XSLT Programmers Reference 2nd Edition by Wrox > Press, > > page 364: > > > > preceding: > > This selects all the nodes that appear before the origin node, excluding > > the ancestors of the origin, in reverse document order. If the origin is > > an element node, this effectively means that it contains all the text > > nodes, element nodes, comments, and processing instructions in the > > document that finish before the start tag of the origin element. The > > preceding axis will never contain attribute or namespace nodes. > > > > Is he dead wrong here or what? > > > > /Mattias > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:jaxen-interest- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of bob mcwhirter > > > Sent: den 18 april 2002 15:47 > > > To: Mattias Reichel > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [Jaxen] Possible bug with processing instructions > > > > > > > > > XPath spec, 2.3: > > > > > > Every axis has a principal node type. If an axis can contain elements, > > > then the principal node type is element; otherwise, it is the type of > > > the nodes that the axis can contain. Thus, > > > > > > * For the attribute axis, the principal node type is attribute. > > > * For the namespace axis, the principal node type is namespace. > > > * For other axes, the principal node type is element. > > > > > > --- > > > > > > So, preceding-sibling::* will select the preceding sibling of the > > > type 'element', as I read it. > > > > > > Am I misinterpreting the spec? > > > > > > -bob > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Mattias Reichel wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using dom4j and of course also jaxen for some xml processing. > > Got > > > > into trouble when trying to get a hold of a processing instruction > > via > > > > an xpath expression. > > > > > > > > Example: > > > > <a> > > > > <b/> > > > > <?toc order-by="x"?> > > > > <c/> > > > > </a> > > > > > > > > c.selectSingleNode("preceding-sibling::*[1]"); > > > > returns b. > > > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > Mattias Reichel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Jaxen-interest mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jaxen-interest > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Jaxen-interest mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jaxen-interest > > > > >
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