From 44a782e71d9e08aa3befbcf3189e247425351b52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Beatrycze Volk <beatrycze.volk@slub-dresden.de>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:54:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [BUGFIX] Fix typing and check in `Element` class

---
 src/Mods/Element/Xml/Element.php | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Mods/Element/Xml/Element.php b/src/Mods/Element/Xml/Element.php
index 729af95..1ce45f5 100644
--- a/src/Mods/Element/Xml/Element.php
+++ b/src/Mods/Element/Xml/Element.php
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ class Element
 
     /**
      * @access protected
-     * @var static[]|false|null
+     * @var \SimpleXMLElement[]|false|null
      */
-    protected array $values; // @phpstan-ignore-line
+    protected mixed $values;
 
     /**
      * @access protected
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function __construct(\SimpleXMLElement $xml, string $xpath)
      */
     public function exists(): bool
     {
-        return $this->values != false && $this->values != null;
+        return $this->values !== false && $this->values !== null && count($this->values) > 0;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ public function getValues(): array
      *
      * @access public
      *
-     * @return mixed
+     * @return \SimpleXMLElement|null
      */
-    public function getFirstValue()
+    public function getFirstValue(): ?\SimpleXMLElement
     {
         if ($this->exists()) {
             return $this->values[0];