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functx:leaf-elements

All XML elements that don't have any child elements

Description

The functx:leaf-elements function returns the elements that do not have any element children that are descendants of (or the same as) the root. Leaf elements may have attributes, and may contain text, processing instructions and/or comments.

Arguments and Return Type

XSLT Function Declaration

<xsl:function name="functx:leaf-elements" as="element()*"
              xmlns:functx="http://www.functx.com">
  <xsl:param name="root" as="node()?"/>

  <xsl:sequence select="
   $root/descendant-or-self::*[not(*)]
 "/>

</xsl:function>

Examples

<authors>
   <author>
      <fName>Kate</fName>
      <lName>Jones</lName>
   </author>
   <author>
      <fName>John</fName>
      <lName>Doe</lName>
   </author>
</authors>

functx:leaf-elements($in-xml)

<fName>Kate</fName>
<lName>Jones</lName>
<fName>John</fName>
<lName>Doe</lName>

functx:leaf-elements($in-xml/author[1])

<fName>Kate</fName>
<lName>Jones</lName>

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