Subject: RE: [xsl] Can I predict the build order of nodes? From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:55:03 -0000 |
The specification is clear that if two nodes are in different documents, their relative position in document order is implementation-dependent. Regards, Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ http://twitter.com/michaelhkay > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Brown [mailto:kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 14 February 2010 18:51 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Can I predict the build order of nodes? > > I noticed an interesting build order/selection issue between > Saxon and Microsoft XSL transforms ... in my style sheet I have: > > <xsl:param name="stylemasterfile"> > <xsl:value-of select="/winelist/stylemasterfile"/> > </xsl:param> > > <xsl:param name="stylemasterset" > select="document($stylemasterfile)/styles | /winelist/styles"/> > > <xsl:variable name="stylemaster" select="$stylemasterset[last()]"/> > > The XML may have: > > 1) a file pointer (in /winelist/stylemasterfile) which > contains <styles> > 2) an embedded <styles> (at /winelist/styles) > 3) both > > If it contains both, the rule should be to select the embedded one. > > But selecting $stylemasterset[last()] and testing I noted > that they are in opposite order on the two XSLT transformers > when both exist. > > Without saying which is which ... what is the right answer? > What do you think is the proper result of this: > > document($stylemasterfile)/styles | /winelist/styles > > Internal styles from /winelist/styles > External styles from document($stylemaster)/styles > > or > > External styles from document($stylemaster)/styles Internal > styles from /winelist/styles > > Or does the spec make no determination of order? > > Kevin Brown > RenderX
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