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Re: Skipping Custom Tags

2005-12-09 12:42:43
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 08:58:38 -0600
Jon Gorman <jonathan(_dot_)gorman(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

On 12/8/05, Michael B Allen <mba2000(_at_)ioplex(_dot_)com> wrote:
If I have a custom tag and I do:

  <xsl:apply-templates select="mytag"/>

the tag <mytag> ends up in the output.

Did you create an identity template that copied everything?  Most

Yes. I have the standard "Identity Transform" template that copies
everything.

likely this is the case.  Make it explicit that you don't want to copy
it:

 Rather I want to skip that tag and apply-templates on everthing
enclosed *within* that tag. For that, adding /* appears to work:

  <xsl:apply-templates select="mytag/*"/>

Is this the proper expression or should it be "@*|node()" or what?

Depends on your case, personally I wouldn't even use that.  If it's
behavior you always want to occur, don't rely on the select, use
something like the below.

<xsl:template match="mytag">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>

That way, if you call <xsl:apply-templates /> somewhere you don't have
to worry about if there is a mytag element in there or not.

Ah, yes. This is what I want. I see now that the Identity transform is
copying it so I just need to provide a separate template that doesn't.

Thanks,
Mike

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