XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Elliotte Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>]

Michael Kay wrote:

> If the user controls how many text node objects there are, and if XOM gives
> different results depending how many there are, then I'm happy for XPath to
> do likewise. I think this is better than ./text()[contains(., "o")]
> returning 4 text nodes of which only one contains an "o".

But it doesn't return 4 text nodes. It returns 4 Text objects, which 
together make up 1 text node. That's a crucial distinction.

Counter-issue: Suppose someone does ./text()[contains(., "cat")] where 
the first Text is "There is a c" and the second Text is "at named 
David." Is it really appropriate for that expression to return nothing?

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