Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote on 04/15/2010 12:01:56 AM: > On 2010-04-15, Jeffrey E Care <ca...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > > Before I write my own, if there a way to check that the elements of a path > > actually exist (or optionally that at least one exists)? > > I assume you mean the <pathelement>'s of a <path>. <resourcecount>, > <restrict> and <exists> are the ingredients that should help. > > If you wrap your <path> in a <restrict> using <exists> as selector you > get only the existing elements. <resourcecount> will count them and if > it is greater than 0 you obviously have at least one - likewise if you > count the path itself and compare the numbers you'll know whether all > elements exist.
That worked perfectly, thanks. And shame on me for posting this to dev instead of user...
