How many left after strip

[javajoemorgan]

I'm writing some code to strip out elements from an xml based upon some rules. This part is working fine. After it is done, however, I need to determine if there are any elements left. For example, take this doc:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"    xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"    xmlns:str="http://exslt.org/strings">    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">        <xsl:copy>            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>        </xsl:copy>        <!-- THIS IS COUNTING THE ORIGINAL NUMBER, NOT THE NEW NUMBER -->        <xsl:if test="count(//*[local-name()='type']) = 0">            <!-- FORCE THE MESSAGE TO BE REJECTED -->        </xsl:if>    </xsl:template>    <xsl:template match="*[local-name()='type']">       <!-- STRIPS OUT TYPES THAT DON'T BELONG - WORKS -->    </xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

[javajoemorgan]

I figured it out. I had to first load the whole transform into a variable, and then test the contents of the variable.