functx:follows-not-descendant
Whether an XML node follows another without being its descendant
Description
The functx:follows-not-descendant function returns a boolean value indicating whether $a follows $b without being its descendant. If either argument is the empty sequence the function returns false.
Parameters |
Description |
|---|---|
a:node() |
the first node |
b:node() |
the second node |
Examples
The examples below use this input document:
<xsl:variable name="in-xml" as="item()*">
<authors>
<author>
<fName>Kate</fName>
<lName>Jones</lName>
</author>
<author>
<fName>John</fName>
<lName>Doe</lName>
</author>
</authors>
</xsl:variable>
XPath |
Results |
|---|---|
functx:follows-not-descendant($in-xml//author[2],$in-xml//author[1]) |
true |
functx:follows-not-descendant($in-xml//author[1]/fName, $in-xml//author[1]) |
false |
functx:follows-not-descendant($in-xml//author[1],$in-xml//author[2]) |
false |