Hi Will,
After looking at the spec ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#modes ) and
searching the "biglist", I could not find the answer to my question.
Besides a "qualified name" what other values can be used when
specifying a mode, is there a way to define a template using an 'or'
(|) or a wildcard (*),
No. The only legal values for the mode attribute in XSLT 1.0 is a
qualified name. One way around that is to have default templates for
the modes that you want default behaviour for. Something like:
<xsl:template match="*" mode="A">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="B" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*" mode="B">
<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="C" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="A" mode="C">
...
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="B" mode="C">
...
</xsl:template>
This way whenever templates are applied to A or B elements in mode A
or B, the template for mode C will be used.
In XSLT 2.0, the mode attribute on xsl:template can take a list of
qualified names, specified by spaces. So in XSLT 2.0 you will be able
to do:
<xsl:template match="A" mode="A B C">
...
</xsl:template>
Cheers,
Jeni
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