RE: [xsl] Selecting only one element using templates

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I was able to find the solution to my problem:
> 
> <xsl:template match="class[class]">
>         <xsl:apply-templates select="class"/>
>     </xsl:template>
> 
>     <xsl:template match="class">
>         <xsl:element name="option">
>             <xsl:apply-templates/>
>         </xsl:element>
>     </xsl:template>

Quite how this selects elements called <name> is beyond me...
> 
> 
> I did not know you could use a select attribute when applying 
> templates. But this leaves me with a question: If I left 
> "select" out of the apply-templates xsl element, I would have 
> thought it would only apply the templates that I defined. 
> Does the processor output all nodes anyway? In other words, 
> if I put in an "apply-templates" element, and I have no 
> templates defined for a particular node (or set?), why do I 
> get output?
> 

There is a built-in template rule for nodes that are not matched by an
explicit template rule. This rule does a recursive apply-templates for
element nodes, and for text nodes it outputs the content. If you want to
override this, write a rule such as:

<xsl:template match="*"/>

Michael Kay


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