Re: [xsl] How do you apply templates ONLY to the direct children of an elem ent/node?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2003-08-26 13:32 +0100, Borislav Stoyanov wrote:
> How do you apply templates ONLY to the direct children of an element/node,
> supposed you dont know their name? What if there is no matching template,
> why are grandchildren also matched?
> ...
> Or is this a simple xsl question :)?

This is a simple XSLT question: there are built-in template rules that are 
engaged when you do not provide a template rule for a node that is 
processed by your stylesheet:

  http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116#built-in-rule

If you want to throw away everything that isn't caught by your template 
rules, then you have to override the built-in template rule for all 
elements by providing an empty template for all elements not explicitly 
matched in your stylesheet:

  <xsl:template match="*"/><!--no template for all other elements-->

But then you'll have to be careful that you do, indeed, have a template 
rule for all of your elements and that you are not already unknowingly 
somewhere else in your stylesheet relying on the built-in template rule for 
elements.

I hope this helps.

.................. Ken


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