[dom4j-user] Asking again - Does node exist

[David Thielen]

----- Original Message ----- From: David Thielen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [dom4j-user] [dom4j] - Does node exist Actually this doesn't always work either. The best I have some up with is:       node.selectNodes(text).size() > 0   which I am assuming is not very efficient.   Is there a better way????   thanks - dave     ----- Original Message ----- From: David Thielen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 1:45 PM Subject: [dom4j-user] [dom4j] - Does node exist Hi;   What is the most efficient way to determine if a node exists. The only way I have founs so far is:   if (node.matches(text))   where text is the xpath to the node I am looking for and node is a Node I start the search from.   thanks - dave