Re: [xsl] Aargh - wrong template applied

[Ian Eure <ieure@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Apr 18, 2006, at 5:45 PM, J.Pietschmann wrote:

> Ian Eure wrote:
> > I want to pass through the document as-is in most cases, but make  
> > certain changes elsewhere. I have a generic pass-through rule, and  
> > a more specific rule to strip out <font> elements, but retain  
> > their children. However, the latter template is never called, and  
> > I can't figure out why.
> >
> > I'm using XSLTProc. Turning on it's verbose mode gives me some  
> > relevant information:
> > added pattern : '@*' priority -0.500000
> > added pattern : 'node()' priority -0.500000
> > added pattern : 'font' priority 0.000000
> > Looks good, but then:
> > xsltProcessOneNode: applying template '@*|node()' for font
> > Why isn't the latter template ever applied, and how do I get the  
> > behavior I want?
>
> This may be a bug in xsltproc. You can try some voodoo and move the
> generic copy-through to the end of the style sheet. The order of
> the templates should only matter if there is a tie in the priority
> for matching patterns though. You could also try to assign a high
> positive priority to the font matching template. In either case, I'd
> ask on the relevant xsltproc specific list, maybe they have already
> a proper solution.
I thought it might be a bug as well, but it happens with every  
processor I've tried; Sablotron, Saxon, xsltproc, and Xalan-J.

I have tried:
- - Changing the priority of the passthrough rule to -999, and the  
priority of the font rule to 999.
- - Moving the templates around in the document.
- - Reversing the priorities, so the rule I wanted was -999 and the  
passthrough was 999.

They all resulted in the same behavior.

- --
Ian Eure
Developer,
eNotes.com LLC



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