Check if a string is null or empty in XSLT

by 
test="categoryName != ''"

Edit: This covers the most likely interpretation, in my opinion, of “[not] null or empty” as inferred from the question, including it’s pseudo-code and my own early experience with XSLT. I.e., “What is the equivalent of the following Java?”:

// Equivalent Java, NOT XSLT
!(categoryName == null || categoryName.equals(""))

For more details e.g., distinctly identifying null vs. empty, see johnvey’s answer below and/or the XSLT ‘fiddle’ I’ve adapted from that answer, which includes the option in Michael Kay’s comment as well as the sixth possible interpretation.

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