Subject: [xsl] Re: <xsl:element> and literal elements From: Martin Holmes <mholmes@xxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 10:29:24 -0700 |
Wendell Piez wrote: At 06:31 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
I'd be curious if people on this list have opinions on whether or not they've come up with rules for when to use literal result elements and when to use xsl:element.
My $0.02:
Use literal result elements when you can; use xsl:element when you have to.
Interesting -- my instincts are completely the opposite. I like the clarity of <xsl:element and <xsl:attribute. I like all actual elements in the stylesheet to be in the xsl namespace if possible. I don't like the idea of literal text containing angle brackets that turn into elements in the output data; it seems a little confusing. I think I would actually prefer it if this:
<xsl:template match="xml_blah"> <html_blah /> </xsl:template>
resulted in this output: <html_blah />
<xsl:template match="xml_blah"> <xsl:element name="html_blah" /> </xsl:template>
I use <xsl:element and <xsl:attribute wherever I can, and I've never noticed any real impact on speed (although most of my slower stylesheets are slow because of lots of looping and recursion, rather than because I'm not using literal elements.
Cheers, Martin
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