Subject: Re: [xsl] Confused with templates and XPath From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 11:29:01 GMT |
> Doesnt the //para apply to any para in the document? yes a match of "//para" is exactly the same as a match of "para" and will match every para element. Normally we tell people that starting a match with // does nothing useful, but does no harm either, but in this case it does do harm. If the stylesheet had <xsl:template match="para"> <xsl:template match="chapter/para"> Then both templates would match para children of chapter. XSLT never applies too templates and if two match it uses the one of highest priority. As neither of these templates has a priority attribute the default priorities will be used, and the default priority for a match involving a "/" step is higher than that of a match with just a single element name, so the first template will be used if teh para is _not_ a child of chapter and the second will be used if it is. However in your case <xsl:template match="//para"> <xsl:template match="chapter/para"> both templates have the same priority, this is an error and the system could just fail and produce no output, but it is allowed to recover from the error and use the last specified template, in which case it will act as above, if they are really specified in this order. You should report that as a bug to the author of the stylesheet, relying on a system's silent error recovery is bad practice. David -- http://www.dcarlisle.demon.co.uk/matthew ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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