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Re: default template (was:RE: text() and not())
Andrew,
Also, following David's example (below), if inside x you only want to
process a, an <xsl:apply-templates select="a"/> is very effective.
Combining this with the empty template approach David shows, and you almost
never have to suppress text nodes.
Getting rid of text you don't want by overriding the default template
matching "text()" seems like an effective expedient until you start
discovering how often you need to override your own new default. I think
that's the situation you're in.
One gotcha to watch out for is that the expression <xsl:value-of
select="text()"/> does not get you the value of all text node children of
the current node, but only of the first one. So xsl:value-of is less useful
than it might first appear, and has to be used with this limitation in mind.
Cheers,
Wendell
At 10:57 AM 1/8/02, David wrote:
>If you have an element <x> that has all sorts of children that yuu don't
>want to process, it is more nomal to have a template for x which does
>not call apply-templates and so naturally doesn't process its children
>than it is to use a template for x that does use apply templates and
>then make templates for each child that does nothing.
>
>If only some of x's children need zapping, suppose you have
>
><x>
><a>a text</a>
><b>b text</b>
><c>c text</c>
></x>
>
>and yoy want b to go, it is more natural to say
>
><xsl:template match="b"/>
>
>ie have an empty template for b than to allow b to have the default
>template which would process its text child, and then have
>
><xsl:template match="text()[parent::b]"/>
>
>David
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