Re: Is it possible to count number of XML nodes in a node-set with JSTL XML tags?

Thank you for the solution
   
  I never thought of that. I think I could use what you have suggested in cases where I transform the xml with jstl and just need the count of certain node sets.
   
  I tried XTags, and it has a rich set of XPath capabilities, I was able to do something more complex like this <xtags:valueOf select="substring(/Books/Book[${item_position}]/BookTitle, 0, 50)" />  inside the JSP
   
  I wonder if one (JSTL XML Tags) is better than the other(XTags) performance wise, but may be they are just different tools with their own purpose.

Kris Schneider <[email protected]> wrote:
  Rashmi Rubdi wrote:
> I searched for a solution for this but couldn't find an answer.
> 
> I'm trying to count the number of book nodes from the xml below:
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> Book Title 1
> Book Title 2
> Book Title 3
> Book Title 4
> Book Title 5
> 
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> I tried using XPath's count function, inside the JSP page, but it gives 0 instead of 
> 5 - (the number of book nodes)
> 
> 
> 
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> Is it possible to obtain the count of a node set inside a JSP or do I have to first transform the source XML into another XML which obtains the count and then read the count from the second XML file?

Hm, this works though (Standard 1.1.2):






> -Rashmi

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Kris Schneider 
D.O.Tech 

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