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XPath predicate with index 0

Reports usages of 0 in a predicate index or in a comparison with the function position(). Such usage is almost always a bug because in XPath, the index starts at 1, not at 0.

Example:

//someelement[position() = 0]

or

//something[0]

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

IndexZeroUsage
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | XPath

Availability

By default bundled with

CLion 2024.1, DataGrip 2024.1, IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, JetBrains Rider 2023.3, PhpStorm 2024.1, Qodana for .NET 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.1, Qodana for PHP 2024.1,

Can be installed with plugin

XPathView + XSLT, 241.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 18 June 2024