Subject: Re: [xsl] xsl:sequence From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:20:55 +0100 |
> Apologies for these seemingly random questions but I have read numerous > resources and am still struggling to understand why xsl:sequence is so > important. It's important, especially in variable and function definitions, as it allows the return of _existing_ nodes rather than copies of nodes. > <xsl:sequence select="." /> is constructing new nodes in the output that is, > in effect, a copy-of the context node. No, it selects the current node. (unlike <xsl:copy-of which would construct a copy). If the xsl:sequence is being used to generate an output result tree, then the difference is slight, as there is an implied copying anyway in that construction, but if the current template is being used to construct the value of a variable.there is a big difference. In one case the variable will have a reference to teh current node, and in teh other it will have a reference to a copy. > 2. I also understand sequence allows you to construct a sequence of > different datatypes in one expression, > > What, then, is the point of the concat function in XSLT 2? ie could concat serves a completely different purpose, it concatenates strings, producing a single string. > What, then, is the point of the concat function in XSLT 2? ie could > <xsl:sequence select="concat(meta/brand/text(), ' | ', genre/text())"/> > be rewritten: > <xsl:sequence select="meta/brand/text(), ' | ', genre/text()"/> The first one makes a sequence of one item, a string. The second one makes a sequence of three items, a text node, a string and a text node Compare <xsl:value-of separator=","> <xsl:sequence select="concat(meta/brand/text(), ' | ', genre/text())"/> </xsl:value-of <xsl:value-of separator=","> <xsl:sequence select="meta/brand/text(), ' | ', genre/text()"/> </xsl:value-of > Does <xsl:sequence select="@price"/> not assign an attribute node to the > variable $prices? If so surely this is wasteful? it references an _existing_ attribute node, but this is coerced to an atomic xsl:double value because of the as attribute which specifies the variable holds a sequence of doubles. I'm not clear where you see the waste. David
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