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Re: [xsl] Identity Transformer Source Reducer

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Thanks again - yes, time for a book!

On 5/28/05, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/28/05, Karl Stubsjoen <kstubs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hey thanks Dimitre.
> > Is there some magic to get the text values back (they've dissapeeard),
> > I have all empty elements.
>
> You just wanted:
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> " the first 10 child elements to
> the source including their child elements"
>
>  :o)
>
> If you need the text nodes children of the third level elements, just
change:
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>  <xsl:template match="node()[ancestor::*[3]]"/>
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> to
>
>  <xsl:template match="*[ancestor::*[3]]"/>
>
> > Also, does this "/*/*" mean everything, regardles of it's context?
>
> No, this means:
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>  Select all element children of the top element of the xml document
>
>
> I would recommend learning XPath, because XPath expressions are
> essential in writing XSLT transformations.
>
>  Probably one of Jini's books is the best to use for this purpose.
>
>  Also, playing with the XPath Visualizer has been found to have good
> results in learning and understanding XPath.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev.

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