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At 2009-01-17 12:23 +0100, Alain wrote:
XSLT was designed for use with XSL-FO, and it is very often the case that you want to add something to the result tree or add nothing. XSL-FO has 270 differently-named attributes ... adding some on a condition is very common.
Called the "document element".
First, it would be match="/" and match="/root", and needing to match on the document node is important to access the XML prologue and any content after the document element in the instance:
The root node in the above document has 4 child nodes.
False.
I hope this helps.
. . . . . . . . . . Ken
Re: [xsl] [XSL] Two "Philisophical" questions about the language
Subject: Re: [xsl] [XSL] Two "Philisophical" questions about the language From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:34:31 -0500 |
At 2009-01-17 12:23 +0100, Alain wrote:
First one -------------- We've got an instruction : <xsl:if>
But this instruction has no <xsl:else> as any other language I've used.
XSLT was designed for use with XSL-FO, and it is very often the case that you want to add something to the result tree or add nothing. XSL-FO has 270 differently-named attributes ... adding some on a condition is very common.
----------------- My second one might be easier!
Let's say I have an XML like this
<?xml version="1.0"> <root> <!-- Any number of nodes here --> </root>
As a valid XML document can have only one "main" node,
Called the "document element".
what is the architectural and practical difference between
<xsl:template select="/">
and
<xsl:template select="/root">
First, it would be match="/" and match="/root", and needing to match on the document node is important to access the XML prologue and any content after the document element in the instance:
<?xml version="1.0"> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="over-there.xsl"> <?owner jsmith> <root> </root> <!--copyright notice here-->
The root node in the above document has 4 child nodes.
At the moment: - they do the exact same thing
False.
I hope this helps.
. . . . . . . . . . Ken
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