RE: [xsl] Empty nodes AND attributes stripping - I'm so lost - SOLUTION

["Kevinjohn Gallagher" <web_design_guru@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Firstly, thanks for all the help.

I'm including my solution here so others might benefit.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; 
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" />
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

	<xsl:template match="//parent/myContent//@*|node()">
		<xsl:copy>
			<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
		</xsl:copy>
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="@*[.='']"/>
	<xsl:template match="//parent/myContent/*[.='' and not(attribute::*)]"/>

</xsl:stylesheet>


Cheers

Bryan


> From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Empty nodes AND attributes stripping - I'm so lost
> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:21:43 +0100
>
> Except that you also appear to define an element as being empty if all its
> children are empty, unless it is a myContent element. But David has given
> you the principle: once you sort out what the rules are, writing them in
> XSLT isn't difficult.
>
> You can match an element that is empty in the sense above with
>
> match="*[not(.//text())]"
>
> provided you have used
>
> <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
>
> to remove the whitespace text nodes.
>
> Michael Kay
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 02 September 2004 16:52
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] Empty nodes AND attributes stripping - I'm so lost
> >
> >
> > just copy the identity transform from the xslt spec:
> >
> >
> > <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
> > <xsl:copy>
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> > </xsl:copy>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > then add a template to zap empty attributes:
> >
> > <xsl:template match="@*[.='']"/>
> >
> > and a template to zap empty elements
> >
> >
> > <xsl:template match="*[not(node())]"/>
> >
> > David
> >
> >
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