Subject: RE: [xsl] select all elements except root From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:37:38 -0000 |
> I am a novice user. > I am using <xsl:template match="*"> tag to iterate through > all my elements > which includes root element also. Actually <xsl:template> does not iterate through anything. It matches things, provided there is an <xsl:apply-templates/> that is iterating through them. To avoid matching the outermost element, one simple approach is to avoid selecting it: <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:apply-templates select="*/*"/> </xsl:template> Another approach is to match it with a different template rule of higher priority: <xsl:template match="/*"/> > But I don't want to select root element. We're all assuming that by "root element" you mean the outermost element node. Terminology is treacherous here: the XML spec calls this the "root or document element", but neither of the terms "root element" or "document element" is used in the XPath model, and the "root" is something different - it is the node that represents the document itself, which is the parent of the outermost element node. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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