Re: [xsl] apply-templates and predicates

["tom tom" <tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> If you have templates that match all the elemnts that appear in your
> source the default template will not be used, otherwise it will be.
> That happens in either style.


But if you filter on the template match you may need to add a new template 
when the schema changes or *a* default template will be invoked. If you 
filter on the invoking template no default template will be invoked.


> Or by default do you mean any template with a * wildcard whether
> explictly in the stylesheet, as above, or the built in one?

I mean the inbuilt one or one explicitly in the stylesheet, it doesn't 
matter.



> I find that handling different match patterns to handle the various
> special cases is a lot more manageable than using filters on the
> select. I mainly use the filter on select idiom if the filter involves a
> global parameter to the stylesheet, as XSLT1 restrictions disallowing
> variables in match patterns means that is often the best way. In XSLT2
> this restriction will be dropped so I'd expect to use the match pattern
> version even more often.
>
> David
>
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