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Subject: RE: [xsl] access the root element From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 16:08:12 -0000 |
> I have an XML document (very large, 78k lines... that's not especially large... > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Metrics scope="eVistaDev" type="PackageRoot" date="2005-11-02" > xmlns="http://metrics.sourceforge.net/2003/Metrics-First-Flat"> > <Cycle> > <Package>A.Package.Name</package> > </Cycle> > <Metric>(further elements)</Metric> > <Metric>(further elements)</Metric> > ... > <Metrics> > > It is a completely wellformed XML file. I try to access the > attributes of > the Metrics element (the root element). I have no luck with that. Can > anybody tell me where is the error for that I'm blind for? You're confusing the outermost element with the document node. "/" matches the document node. The outermost element is a child of the document node. The document node does not have attributes; for that you need to select the outermost element. (Note: in the XPath 1.0 data model the document node is known as the "root node") > <xsl:for-each select="Metric[count(Value)=1]"> Even if your context node were the outermost (Metrics) element, this wouldn't work, because your Metric element is in a namespace. Google for "XSLT default namespace". Micahel Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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