Re: [xsl] default template ?

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

At 2010-09-27 17:27 +0200, Fabien Tillier wrote:
> I was wondering how an XSL Stylesheet can be done to treat all nodes in
> an XML file if a template doesn't fit.
> I mean, if an xml is like
> <Row>
>         <A>A value</A>
>         <B>B value</B>
>         <C>C value</C>
> </Row>
>
> If I get one template for treating <A> nodes (match = "A"), and one for
> <B> nodes, I would like to have some kind of fall back template for the
> C nodes which don't have a specific one.
> Is this possible ?

Certainly ... the XPath for an element of any name is "*".

The XPath for a node of any time is "node()".

So, for what you want:

  <xsl:template match="*">
    ... any element not matched elsewhere ...
  </xsl:template>

I hope this helps.

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





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