Re: [xsl] <xsl:template match="*"/>

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

At 11:22 AM 7/17/2003, you wrote:
> If I am using appy-templates, and I reference the elements I want in my
> result document explicitly with match="an-element-name", I would expect
> <xsl:template match="*"/> to discard(exclude) all the other elements.

It should. Sometimes this introduces a bug, by matching elements higher in 
the element hierarchy than elements that you want, thus suppressing their 
appearance also. This can be remedied either by including templates for the 
ancestors as well, or by using apply-templates select="..." to reach down 
to exactly those parts of the tree you want.

> This apparently is not the case as I am getting these unwanted elements in
> my output.
>
> What don't I understand?

We need to know a little more to say. Could you provide an example source 
file plus stylesheet (that isn't working)? ... plus intended result?

Cheers,
Wendell


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