<not> Boolean Operator

This Boolean operator negates the result of another Boolean operator. This operator has no attributes and has a single child element, which is one of the other Boolean operators. This operator evaluates to true only if the value of its contained operator is not true.

Example 2–10 Using the <not> Boolean Operator

The following examples show how <not> is used and the results:

• The following statement evaluates to false.

  <not><istrue value="True"/></not>

• The following statement evaluates to true.

  <not><equals value1="apple" value2="orange"/></not>