Re: AW: [xsl] unsuspected output

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

At 2004-03-01 15:12 +0100, Nikolas Nehmer wrote:
> The problem is that the node comes from a list of hrefs to unknown xml
> files. So I have to push the root element of that file which I do by
> select="document($file)/*" !

Fine ... so you've pushed the document element with that instruction.

> I just want to suppress the given behavior
> for the case that an element will not match my template rules (so there
> should not be displayed anything).

You are asking for:

  <xsl:template match="*"/>

But ... I'm not sure that will help you.  If the document element isn't 
what you are looking for, then you will get nothing at all, not just 
skipping the elements that you don't recognize.

If you want to go through the entire other document going through every 
element looking for something that you need, then use the following:

  <xsl:template match="*">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
  </xsl:template>

That way you will, for any element you don't look for, only process all of 
its child elements (and not child text nodes).  Any element that you push 
for which you do have an explicit template rule will trigger that rule 
instead of this rule.

I hope this helps!

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

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