Subject: Re: [xsl] A question of style From: dvint@xxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:46:51 -0700 |
thanks, I don't beleive there are any prefix/namespace issues in this application. there are no prefixes being generated or used thanks > At 2010-07-07 11:41 -0700, dvint@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >>I just started working with some stylesheets developed by someone else >> and >>was surprised at some things I saw. They aren't wrong, it is a style >> issue >>I believe, but was wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage to >>this approach. >> >>I typically try to write as little code as possible. If I don't have to >>use an XSLT element to do something, then why type all the extra code. So >>I might do something like this: >> >><xsl:template match="foo""> >> <newelement att1="a" att2="b">Boilerplate text here</newelement> >></xsl:template> >> >>what I came across today was much more verbose like this: >> >><xsl:template match="foo"> >> <xsl:element anme="newelement"> >> <xsl:attribute name="att1">a</xsl:attribute> >> <xsl:attribute name="att2">b</xsl:attribute> >> <xsl:text>boilerplate text here</xsl:text> >> </xsl:element> >></xsl:template> >> >>Any comments on either approach? > > The second is agnostic to any namespaces declared in the stylesheet > that have not been pruned using exclude-result-prefixes="". The > first will copy to the result tree all attached namespaces of the > literal result element in the stylesheet, including those not pruned. > >>I'll use the xsl:element and xsl:text >>constructs when I need to compute something or I'm trying to control the >>formatting of text (use of whitespce), but those are real reasons for >>using these constructs. > > Not if one uses exclude-result-prefixes="". > >>When the content is straight forward why would you go to all the extra >> work? > > When you want to add only the element without any of its baggage it > acquires as a literal result element in the stylesheet. > > I far prefer using exclude-result-prefixes="" and literal result > elements than using the element instruction. > > I hope this helps. > > . . . . . . . . . . . Ken > > > > -- > XSLT/XQuery training: after http://XMLPrague.cz 2011-03-28/04-01 > Vote for your XML training: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/i/ > Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ > G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Male Cancer Awareness Nov'07 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc > Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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