Subject: RE: [xsl] Identity Transform From: "Passin, Tom" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:46:19 -0400 |
[ Abie Hamaoui] > > hello there, > why does the standard identity transform use copy instead of copy-of? > ie: > <xsl:template match="/ | @* | node()"> > <xsl:copy> > <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/> > </xsl:copy> > </xsl:template> > > instead of just > <xsl:template match="/"> > <xsl:copy-pf select="."/> > </xsl:template> > One reason is that you often do not __quite__ want an identity transform - you want to change one or a few things but leave verything else the same. With the standard approach you can do that, with the copy-of you cannot. Cheers, Tom P XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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