On 21 Mar 2014, at 11:08, Heiko Niemann <kontakt(_at_)heiko-niemann(_dot_)de>
wrote:
Hi,
I noticed in my code that I sometimes use text() to select a text node and
sometimes I don't. I do understand that /foo is different to /foo/text()
if foo has mixed content. But if I have a simple source like
<box>
<item>apple</item>
</box>
In such content you should NOT use text(). If you do, your code will fail in
the presence of comments such as
<item>appel<!--sic--> pie</item>
and it's good practice that comments should not affect the result of processing.
So this leaves the question: when actually use text()?
Only use it if you need to process the text node children and element children
of a mixed-content element individually.
Michael Kay
Saxonica
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