Re: xsl:copy

[Keith Visco <kvisco@xxxxxxxxx>]

Stefano,

xsl:copy, creates a copy of the context node and add the copy to the
result tree. xsl:copy can contain a template which will get processed if
the context node that is being copied is an element node.

If I have an element foo

<foo name="bar">foo data</foo>


The following template will add <foo/> to the result tree.

<xsl:template match="foo">
  <xsl:copy/>
</xsl:template>

The following template will add <foo name="bar"/> to the result tree.

<xsl:template match="foo">
  <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:for-each select="@*"><xsl:copy/></xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

The following template will add <foo name="bar">foo data</foo> to the
result tree.

<xsl:template match="foo">
  <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:for-each select="@* | text()"><xsl:copy/></xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>


Note that if the context node is an element, attributes and children are
not automatically copied.

Also see the template for identity given as an example in the XSL WD.

--Keith

> Bovone Stefano wrote:
> 
> How works xsl:copy ?
> May I have any examples?
> 
> Thanks. Bye.


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