Re: [xsl] Match pattern should get child content but gets sib's content also

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>]

Hello Tom,

I must say, that you are wrong. The built-in template has the lowest 
priority, so when the node <aValue> is accessed and a template is 
searched for it, the processor uses Doug's template, not the built-in on.
The built-in templates are similar to

<xsl:template match="node()">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text()">
  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>

As a test for it, use Doug's template/stylesheet and change it a bit, so 
that a text will be added by this template:

<xsl:template match="link/aValue">
    <xsl:text>from template: </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>

You will see it ;-)

Joerg

> Your problem is that the processor never gets to your template at all, since
> there is no path specified from the root to get there.  You should put that
> path into the select attribute of the calling template.  Here's one way (not
> necesssarily the best but good for highlighting the point):
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>
> <xsl:template match='/moduleExternal'>
> <results>
>  <xsl:apply-templates select='//link/aValue'/>
> </results>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="aValue">
> <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match='*'/>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> Tom P
>
> ...
>
> > > ====== Here's my simplified xml doc ========
> > >
> > > <?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
> > > <?xml-stylesheet href =
> > > 'file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/doug/My%20Documents/ADE3.xsl'
> type =
>
> > > 'text/xsl'?>
> > >
> > > <moduleExternal xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>
> > > <parm>
> > > <link>
> > > <aValue>Hello</aValue>
> > > </link>
> > > </parm>
> > > <parm>
> > > <constraint>
> > > <aValue>OOPS</aValue>
> > > </constraint>
> > > <link>
> > > <aValue>World</aValue>
> > > </link>
> > > </parm>
> > > </moduleExternal>
> > >
> > > ======== AND THE XSL file ==========
> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> > >
> > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="link/aValue">
> > > <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > > <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > >
> > >
> > > ====== I'm opening the xml file in IE6.0 and what I get is this =====
> > >
> > > Hello OOPSWorld
> > >
> > > =========== This may be obvious to everyone but I thought that a match
> > > pattern of "link/aValue" would skip over the <aValue> child of
> <constraint>
>
> > > and get only <aValue> content that is a child of <link>.
> > >
> > > TIA for any help with this... I've not been able to successfully wade
> > > through all of the posts in biglist.
> > > Best regards,
> > > Doug Zirbel
> >
> >
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>
>
>
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