RE: [xsl] Tags to HTML page

[xptm@xxxxxxx]

I think i understand, but if you have

<xsl:template match="h3">
(...)
<h3><xsl:apply-templates/></h3>
(...)
</xsl:template>


aplyed to


<root>
<h3>
   <h3>
     (...)
   </h3>
</h3>
</root>

doesn't that falls in a kind of loop?

Or does the apply-templates only apply to the childrens of the node being
processed?


Quoting Michael Kay <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>:

> > Sorry for the basic question, but i don't understand the use of
> > <xsl:apply-templates/> in Michael solution. If it was <xsl:value-of
> > select="."/> i can understand what it does, but not like that...
>
> I don't know what can appear inside an <h3> element. I don't know if you
> told me, but even if you did, I prefer to write the code in such a way that
> it doesn't matter. By writing xsl:apply-templates, I am saying "process
> whatever you find inside the h3 element according to the rules defined for
> that kind of content". For example, if there is an <a> element inside the
> <h3>, then it will process that according to the rules for handling <a>
> elements. If all it finds is text, then the text will be processed using
the
> default rule for text nodes, which is equivalent to <xsl:value-of
> select="."/>.
>
> By contrast, if you use xsl:value-of directly, your template rule will only
> handle an <h3> element properly if it contains pure text.
>
> This use of apply-templates is central to the "rule-based" approach to
> stylesheet design, which enables you to make your stylesheet resilient to
> variations in document structure, and thus to increase the reusability of
> the template rules.
>
> You described your problem in rule-based terms "when there is an h3
element,
> do this...", and that's precisely the structure a rule-based stylesheet
> should take.
>
> Michael Kay
>
>
> >
> > For my understanding, the apply-templates will call the
> > template in wich it is
> > inserted, in this case <xsl:template match="h3">? But then
> > there is a loop
> > processing, or am i thinking procedural?
> >
> > I normally use w3schools site as reference, but the example
> > there is not clear
> > to me, either...
> >
> > Again, sorry for the basic question...
> >
> > Citando Michael Kay <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > >
> > > > Whenever there is a  <h3> tag I should surrond it with more tags
> > > >
> > > > <myowntag:bind path="someCode">
> > > > <h3>Test Conversion</h3>
> > > > </myowntag>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Basically the input is a JSP and I need to add some Tag
> > > > libraries to it.
> > > >
> > > > What would be the best way to do it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="h3">
> > > <myowntag:bind path="someCode">
> > > <h3><xsl:apply-templates/></h3>
> > > </myowntag:bind>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > Note that writing a stylesheet in terms of template rules
> > corresponds
> > > exactly to the way you described the problem: "whenever
> > there is an <h3> tag
> > > [you mean element] I should..."
> > >
> > > Michael Kay
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>







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