[GROOVY-1763] XmlSlurper GPath: why do children() have no children()?

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1-beta-3
• Component/s: XML Processing

Environment

Groovy Version: 1.0 JVM: 1.5.0_07-87
java version "1.5.0_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-164)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-87, mixed mode, sharing)
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.1: Mon Sep 25 19:42:00 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.13.8.obj~1/RELEASE_I386

• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Ben Smith
• Created: 02/Mar/07 11:11
• Updated: 23/Aug/07 03:07
• Resolved: 23/Aug/07 03:07

Description

def p = new XmlSlurper().parseText("""<root>
<a><z/><z/></a>
<b></b>
<c></c>
</root>""")

assert 0 == p.'*'.z.size()
	// *** why not 2? ***

assert p.'*'.'*'.size() == 0
	// *** why not 2? ***

assert p.'*'.'*'.collect{it.name()} == []
	// *** why not ["z", "z"]? ***