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Re: [xsl] [xslt] enhance match condition for next node referance

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David Carlisle wrote:
>> "following-sibling::node()[1][self::exit]".
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> unless you are stripping white space on input, that needs to be
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> "following-sibling::*[1][self::exit]"
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> as otherwise the following node will be the white space text node
> indenting <exit/>.

David, it was my understanding that any text node containing only
whitespace was always stripped. Is this an option, or am I just wrong?

Michalmas, this is a very good point - text nodes are nodes, but not
elements. In practical terms, this means that "*" will not match text,
but "node()" will.


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