Mike,
At 06:16 PM 9/30/2002, you wrote:
> I guess that you haven't discovered the delights of
> xsl:namespace-alias, then. You can define an "alias" namespace which
> takes the place of the XSLT namespace within your stylesheet and then
> gets replaced on output. That makes it a lot easier to write the
> stylesheets (though it's still a little confusing) because you can use
> literal result elements rather than xsl:element/xsl:attribute.
Delight is exactly the word I would use!
That made what I was trying to do as easy as a search and replace.
Just out of curiosity, is it possible to create a stylesheet that will go in
and recreate all elements and attributes? I can see it being possible for
the elements, but the attributes would be tough, unless you can do a
for-each select="attributes" type of thing.
What's wrong with xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/> ?
If you're referring to an identity stylesheet ("recreate all elements and
attributes"), it works with a single template, that looks like this:
<xsl:template match="node()|@*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
This variant copies all element and attribute nodes, preserving their
organization, but leaves processing instructions and comments out.
It's the basis for quite a number of utility operations (and a FAQ).
Cheers,
Wendell
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