Re: [xsl] unsuspected output

Subject: Re: [xsl] unsuspected output
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 08:56:36 -0500
At 2004-03-01 14:31 +0100, Nikolas Nehmer wrote:
<xsl:apply-templates select="document($file)/*" mode="minimal_list">
        <xsl:with-param name="file" select="$file"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
...
This XSL should not produce any output except the Heading because the
template which is applied by the apply-templates element is not present
(not included jet). But it produces output, namely the content of
document($file)/* (the select statement in apply-templates). Why?

I'm guessing the built-in template rules are giving you your grief. If you do not supply a template rule for a node that is pushed at your stylesheet, then the built-in template rules are engaged and their behaviour is to continue processing the tree in a hiearchical fashion.


Any suggestions?

Instead of pushing the document element of your remote file, only push the node in the remote file that you want processed.


I hope this helps.

......................... Ken

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