Here what is the meaning of "." in the given xpath:
//a[contains(.,'Java SE 8')]
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In regex, the period ( . ) is a wildcard that matches any character except newline. – c_sagan Nov 12 '19 at 19:52
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1@c_sagan: Regex syntax doesn't apply in this context. – kjhughes Nov 12 '19 at 22:17
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The . is similar to the text() attribute, but the . does not handle a case where another child element appears inside the element with the text "Java SE 8".
This thread explains in much more detail: XPath: difference between dot and text()
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Yes, you can use normalize-space(), the same concept applies. There's a good explanation about that here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5992177/what-is-the-difference-between-normalize-space-and-normalize-spacetext – CEH Nov 14 '19 at 15:29