Subject: RE: [xsl] naive identity transform question From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:14:11 -0000 |
If it was working, I don't expect you would have posted this. So it's presumably not working. What are the symptoms? It's much easier to find a bug if you what the output is. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Crump [mailto:jjcrump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 20 November 2006 22:20 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] naive identity transform question > > I'm sure this is a very straightforward task, but I'm missing > something fundamental about the identity transformation. > > I want to copy an xml file exactly except if nodeX lacks a > childY write element Y. > > The consensus on the identity transform suggested something like this: > > xsl file identity.xsl > > <xsl:template match="node()|@*"> > <xsl:copy> > <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> > </xsl:copy> > </xsl:template> > > xsl file intended transformation.xsl > > <xsl:import href="identity.xsl"/> > > <xsl:template match="//snotes:SourceNote[not(snotes:sourceDate)]"> > <xsl:element > name="sourceDate"><xsl:text>0000-00-00</xsl:text></xsl:element> > </xsl:template> > > IE: copy all elements complete, except where > //snotes:SourceNote has no snotes:sourceDate child. In that > case, write a snotes:sourceDate element with the value 0000-00-00. > > Anyone willing to point out the obvious to the naive?
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