Re: [xsl] Re: How to duplicate an entire subtree

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2008-12-29 10:30 +0100, nick public wrote:
> I believe understood.
> I'm using the xsl:copy that copy just the text values and not the
> structure. In fact, if I wrap the xsl:copy in a new element, in the
> result tree I have the new element and, inside, the text values of
> source elements. The xsl:copy is using the XSLT built-in template.

Not quite ... the definition of <xsl:copy> is only to add the current 
node to the result tree.  <xsl:copy> says nothing about descendent 
text values.  In your stylesheet you had <xsl:apply-templates> where 
the nodes being pushed at your stylesheet were being handled by the 
built-in template rules.  It is the effect of the built-in template 
rules that added the text value to the result tree, not the effect of 
<xsl:copy/>

> Instead, xsl:copy-of uses a own template that consist of to keep the
> copied structure.

Not a template, the instruction is just defined as copying the nodes.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken

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