Subject: Re: [xsl] Understanding when to use apply-templates with no selector From: Brandon Ibach <brandon.ibach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:31:02 -0500 |
The <xsl:apply-templates/> instruction is equivalent to <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>, so it will apply templates to all child nodes of the context node. Note that this does *not* include attributes, as they are not "child" nodes. It does, however, include comments, processing instructions and text nodes, including whitespace separating elements, if it hasn't been stripped out by the processor. -Brandon :) On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Karl Stubsjoen <kstubs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I see this a lot: > > <xsl:apply-templates /> > > I have even used it but to be honest, I'm not sure I undertand it > completely. Given the following xml: > > <a> > <b> > <c> > <d> > </a> > > If the current context is <a> and you call <xsl:apply-templates />, > the following template matches will hit: > match="a" > match="b" > match="*" <!-- which picks up on a match of C and D --> > > What else gets matched? If <a> looks like this <a att1="123" > att2="456">, we better have attribute matches too? What about > comments and processing instructions? So if you have. > <a> > <!-- this is a comment --!> > <?this is a processing instruction?> > <b> > </a> > > Is there a best practice here to mention? > > Thanks, just thinking out loud on this. > Karl.. > > > > -- > Karl Stubsjoen > MeetScoresOnline.com > (602) 845-0006
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