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Re: [xsl] Which XPath evaluates faster: count(../A) eq 1 or not( following-sibling::A)

2014-11-04 08:56:44

It depends entirely on the XPath processor you are using.

For Saxon, I wouldn't expect to see a measurable difference. Unless there 
happen to be 100,000 B elements before the A on which you are positioned, in 
which case count(../A) might take rather longer.


Michael Kay
Saxonica
mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com
+44 (0) 118 946 5893




On 4 Nov 2014, at 13:57, Costello, Roger L. costello(_at_)mitre(_dot_)org 
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am positioned in the XML tree at the first <A> element, within a <parent> 
element.

Requirement: There must be only one <A> element within <parent>.

Here are two XPath expressions to check that there is only one <A> element:

      count(../A) eq 1

or

      not(following-sibling::A)

Which XPath expression evaluates faster?

/Roger

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