Re: [xsl] how to test for the element type of the current node

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

self::B is what you want

> ".=B" 
tests whether the string value of teh current node is equal to
the string value of its B chilf.

>  I tried just "B", 

tests whether the current node has a B child

> I tried "boolean(B)"

ditto.


> Note that I believe that using <xsl:template match="B"> won't solve my problem
> because I need to do something specific that I only need to if the 
> B element is nested inside  the A element.

Rather tha testing self:: B you could more easily replace the for-each
by an apply templates and have two templates one matching "B" and one
matching "A/B"

David

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