Re: [xsl] how to avoid generating an < empty element />

Subject: Re: [xsl] how to avoid generating an < empty element />
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:46:02 GMT
Just move the if test up before you create the outer element.
ehile I was there I simplified mist of the other code which seemed to be
more verbose than needed,


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; 
		version="1.0">
 <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:key name="spa-term" 
	  match="text/body/termEntry/langSet[@lang='spa-es']/ntig/termGrp/term" 
	  use="."/>
 <xsl:template match="/">
  <martif type="TBX" xml:lang="en">
   <martifHeader>
    <fileDesc>
     <sourceDesc>
      <p></p>
     </sourceDesc>
    </fileDesc>
   </martifHeader>
   <text>
    <body>
     <xsl:for-each select="martif/text/body/termEntry">
      <xsl:variable name="t" select="langSet[@lang='spa-es']/ntig/termGrp/term
				     [generate-id(.) = generate-id(key('spa-term',  .)[1])]"/>
      <xsl:if test="$t">
       <termEntry id="{@id}">
	<langSet lang="spa-es"><ntig><termGrp>
	 <xsl:for-each  select="$t">
	  <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
	  <xsl:copy-of select="../termNote"/>>
	  <xsl:copy-of select="../date"/>>
	 </xsl:for-each>
	</termGrp>
       </ntig>
	</langSet>  
       </termEntry>
      </xsl:if>
     </xsl:for-each>
     
    </body>
   </text>
  </martif>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

David

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