Subject: Re: [xsl] node() function From: "Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 03:06:31 -0000 |
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Abel Braaksma (Exselt) abel@xxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Mailing Lists Mail daktapaal@xxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> maandag 23 juni 2014 22:17 >> >> >> <xsl:template match="node()|@*"> >> <xsl:apply-templates/> >> </xsl:template> >> > The expression "node()" is not a function, it is a node-test, similar to > "foo" (tests for an element with the name 'foo') or "comment()" (tests for > comment nodes). The template is matched when _any_ node is found. Since > inside the body of the template you only have an xsl:apply-templates and the > only template in existence is that very template, the stylesheet as a whole > will not output anything: a so-called "delete-template". To explain this: All nodes are matched and processed by the same template above. Whenever a text node is matched, the <xsl:apply-templates/> instruction selects 0 (zero) nodes, because by definition a text-node doesn't have any children. This is where the processing cannot continue and when all text nodes are matched, the transformation ends. A shorter "delete-all" template is, of course this: <xsl:template match="node()"/> or even shorter: <xsl:template match="/"/> -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all ------------------------------------ Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ------------------------------------- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ------------------------------------- Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they write all patents, too? :) ------------------------------------- I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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