Re: [xsl] searching for occurrences of unique string-value and replacing with string value of another node

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Julie,

At 10:40 AM 6/11/2008, you wrote:
> >Assuming the context node is an element, that means all attributes of
> >the element. Otherwise it means zero nodes (as only elements have
> >attributes).
>
> Okay, so in this case I don't think I understand the purpose of this
> template. The context is matching all nodes on the attribute access OR
> all child nodes of the context node, right? It is then applying
> templates and selecting the exact same thing. Doesn't that mean there
> *is* no context? Wouldn't the same thing be achieved by just calling a
> match to the root?
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>
> I tried removing this template from the stylesheet and I do still get
> the same beautiful result (thanks Michael!).

As it happens, the template

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:template>

does almost the same thing as XSLT's built-in templates, which are 
used whenever a node is matched for which you have not provided a 
template. (It doesn't do exactly the same thing, but it has the same 
result. The built-in templates do not select attributes for 
processing, but if they are selected, their values get written. With 
this template, they are selected and matched, but their values never 
get written.)

So generally speaking, you can remove this template and get the same output.

Cheers,
Wendell


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