XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

David Ondzes wrote:
> Is ParentNode::getChildCount() suppose to return 1 when it has parsed
> something like this below ? Or should it be returning 0 ?
>
> <foo>
> </foo>

1. There's a text node in there that consists of white space. If you 
parsed <foo></foo> you'd get 0 for the child count.


> Also, the count return by this member function is different then what
> I am expect. It is returning a number much higher.

I expect you're ignoring text nodes.

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