Re: [xsl] Order That Nodes Are Processed

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rechell,

At 12:43 PM 1/6/2004, you wrote:
> If I have an <xsl:apply-template select="some criterion"> or <xsl:for-each 
> select="some criterion"> statement in my stylesheet, am I guranteed that 
> the nodes will be processed in the exact order that the qualifying nodes 
> appear in the XML file?

Yes, the Rec specifies that unless there is an xsl:sort in play, which 
changes the order, the nodes are processed as in document order. Note 
there's no guarantee that they must be processed in this order, only that 
the result come out as if they were....

Cheers,
Wendell


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