Re: [xsl] inheritance

[Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Florian,

> im wondering if its possible to do some kind of inheritance with
> xslt.

I think that the easiest way to achieve the kind of thing that you're
after is to have common templates for the common elements, such as:

<xsl:template match="property[@name = 'name']">
  ...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="property[@name = 'color']">
  ...
</xsl:template>

And then in the templates for <vehicle> and <car> elements just apply
templates to the children:

<xsl:template match="vehicle | car">
  <xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>

The common templates for the name and color properties will be picked
up for both vehicles and cars. To get the box around the <details>,
you can use a template that matches the <details> element:

<xsl:template match="details">
  <div class="box">
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </div>
</xsl:template>

This way, you get inheritance from the fact that the same properties
in each are handled by the same templates.

Cheers,

Jeni

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