RE: [xsl] value-of or apply-templates

["Willink, Ed" <Ed.Willink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Richard

> A question on style: if you have a document which consists of 
> a series of 
> repeating structures (such as a table of records or a simple 
> document of 
> paragraphs) should you use:
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates />
> 
> or:
> 
> <xsl:value-of select=".">
> 
> when you get to the node nested at the lowest level and you 
> simply want to get 
> its content?

It depends on your goals.

	<xsl:value-of select=".">

is a very boring way of doing what you want.

	<xsl:apply-templates />

is nice and obscure and offers excellent opportunities of doing
something different if anyone else maintains your code.

	Regards
			
		Ed Willink

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