Subject: RE: [xsl] value-of or apply-templates From: "Willink, Ed" <Ed.Willink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:07:44 -0000 |
Hi Richard > A question on style: if you have a document which consists of > a series of > repeating structures (such as a table of records or a simple > document of > paragraphs) should you use: > > <xsl:apply-templates /> > > or: > > <xsl:value-of select="."> > > when you get to the node nested at the lowest level and you > simply want to get > its content? It depends on your goals. <xsl:value-of select="."> is a very boring way of doing what you want. <xsl:apply-templates /> is nice and obscure and offers excellent opportunities of doing something different if anyone else maintains your code. Regards Ed Willink ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E.D.Willink, Email: mailto:EdWillink@xxxxxxx Thales Research and Technology (UK) Ltd, Tel: +44 118 923 8278 (direct) Worton Drive, or +44 118 986 8601 (ext 8278) Worton Grange Business Park, Fax: +44 118 923 8399 Reading, RG2 0SB ENGLAND http://www.computing.surrey.ac.uk/personal/pg/E.Willink ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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