Re: [xsl] Determining if an optional attribute is present

["Sam Carleton" <scarleton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/17/06, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <xsl:template match="Method|Cal|Blank">
>   <xsl:element name="{name()}">
>     <xsl:attribute name="objectID"><xsl:value-of
> select="@objectID"/></xsl:attribute>
>     <xsl:attribute name="version"><xsl:value-of
> select="@version"/></xsl:attribute>
>     <xsl:attribute name="revision">
>       <xsl:if test="@revision != ''">
>         <xsl:value-of select="@revision"/>
>       </xsl:if>
>       <xsl:if test="not(@revision)">
>         <xsl:text>0</xsl:text>
>       </xsl:if>
>     </xsl:attribute>
> <!-- the line below isn't the best either.  I simply need to copy over
> all the children nodes, is there a better way? -->
>     <xsl:apply-templates mode="copyNode"/>
>   </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> I'd do
>
>
> <xsl:template match="Method|Cal|Blank">
>   <xsl:copy>
>  <xsl:attribute name="revision">0</xsl:attribute>
>   <xsl:copy-of select="@objectID|@version|@revision|node()"/>
>   </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>

David,

I like the simplicity of using the copy/copy-of, that works GREAT and
the revision almost works perfectly.  At first I did not think it was
there, but after some playing around I discovered that it was there,
it just happened to be the first attirbute, not the last:

What I got:

<Method revision="4" objectID="85e29107-4686-4846-86b3-2280ab4157c9"
version="1"/>

What I would like to have in an idea world:

<Method objectID="85e29107-4686-4846-86b3-2280ab4157c9" version="1"
revision="4" />

Is that possible or must I be a little less anual on this one;)

Sam
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