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Re: [Jsonpath] [JSONPath] Is an empty query result "Nothing"?

Glyn Normington <glyn.normington.work@gmail.com> Tue, 01 August 2023 19:50 UTC

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From: Glyn Normington <glyn.normington.work@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:50:04 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Jsonpath] [JSONPath] Is an empty query result "Nothing"?
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Hi Lisa

Thanks for the question. A query result is a nodelist, so an empty query
result is simply an empty nodelist.

The empty nodelist has no relation to "Nothing" (an instance of "Value
Type", rather than "NodesType").

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Glyn

On Tue, 1 Aug 2023, 17:48 Lisa Roach, <lisroach=40meta.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This is my first time reading an IETF draft and I thought it was very
> clear. I had one question:
>
> In section 2.1 it says "Mismatches between the structure expected by a
> valid query and the structure found in the data can lead to empty query
> results", which makes sense, but I am wondering if an "empty query result"
> is the same as a "Nothing" defined in section 2.4.1?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa
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