Re: [xsl] Parent Node recursion template fails

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again,

On 2/8/2012 6:05 PM, David Carlisle wrote:
> > <xsl:template match="*" mode="navigation-special_paint-selected">
> > <xsl:param name="node-id"/>
> > <xsl:choose>
> > <xsl:when test="generate-id() = $node-id">
> > <xsl:attribute name="background">#eee</xsl:attribute>
> > </xsl:when>
> > <xsl:otherwise>
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="parent::node()"
> > mode="navigation-special_paint-selected">
> > <xsl:with-param name="node-id" select="$node-id"/>
> > </xsl:apply-templates>
> > </xsl:otherwise>
> > </xsl:choose>
> > </xsl:template>
> because you have used parent::node() (which could more simply be written
> as ..) rather than parent::* then if it doesn't find the $node-id it
> will reach / and then (because your template only matches * not /) it
> will apply the default template to / which will apply templates to its
> element child, hitting this template again and looping forever.
> cahanging the match to "*|/" should fix it.

As I thought immediately after hitting "send" ... a slightly neater 
solution.

Or apply-templates select="parent::*", as David also almost says.

Cheers,
Wendell

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