RE: [xsl] Template priority

Subject: RE: [xsl] Template priority
From: "Hunsberger, Peter" <Peter.Hunsberger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:31:13 -0500
> I need to apply two different templates respectively against two different

> elements, both of which unfortunately have the same name, but different 
> parents and attribute sets.
>
> The input xml is of the general form
> 
> <root>
>   <x>
>     <z bunny="bugs farmer="fudd"/>
>   </x>
>   <y>
>     <z birdy="tweety" puddytat="sylvester"/>
>   </y>
> </root>
> 
> What would be the recommended way to differentiate the two templates? 
> Parentage? Priority? Mode? Something else?

Brian, noticed that all your answers said to use the parent/child tests.
That makes sense if the parent child relationship is static.  However, if
it's not, and your attributes are well defined there is no reason not to
select on attribute instead, eg:

	<xsl:template match="z[@birdy]">

and

	<xsl:template match="z[@bunny]">

will discriminate between the two cases you give...


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