Subject: Re: [xsl] The identity transform and attributes From: "Jesper Tverskov" <jesper@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:31:01 +0100 |
This thread has been interesting to follow but why propose this: <xsl:template match="element()"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*,node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="attribute()|text()|comment()|processing-instruction()"> <xsl:copy/> </xsl:template> When the old way is much shorter: <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> The old way even has the power and fascination of being just one template, the identity template. This is how the identity template looks in two specs, in hundreds of books, in thousands of articles and tutorials, and in millions of XSLT stylesheets until this very day. Why change things for the worse just to confuse people? Cheers, Jesper Tverskov http://www.xmlplease.com
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