Sebastian,
In addition to what David said, consider the following more succinct
version of your algorithm:
<xsl:template match="document">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*">
<div class="{name()}">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</div>
</xsl:template>
It does the same thing the same way. I often encourage newcomers to
try writing things the long way, as it makes things more explicit.
Here, the difference between the long way and the short way (using
literal result elements and an attribute value template instead of
xslt instructions for everything) is so dramatic, I thought it
worthwhile making the opposite recommendation.
In particular (in the context of the question you first raised), note
that no explicit statement requesting any values (i.e., any data
content) is here, or called for -- look ma, no value-of -- in either
this version or yours (as corrected by DC). That's because it's
using, instead, the built-in template for text nodes, which looks
like this, and which will fire, since you have nothing to override it:
<xsl:template match="text()">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>
Trusting that this will work and getting the hang of "letting it
happen" in XSLT's template-matching processing model is often an
early hurdle, higher for some learners than others.
Cheers,
Wendell
At 07:12 AM 2/3/2006, you wrote:
I have almost got there with this stylesheet:
<xsl:template match="document">
<xsl:apply-templates select="child::*" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:element name="div">
<xsl:attribute name="class">
<xsl:value-of select="name(.)" />
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="." />
<xsl:apply-templates select="child::*" />
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
but the element contents of child elements are being duplicated in
parent elements:
<div class="first">
first
first child of first
second child of second
<div class="first-child-of-first">
first child of first
</div>
<div class="second-child-of-second">
second child of second
</div>
</div>
<div class="second">
second
first child of second
first grandchild of second
<div class="first-child-of-second">
first child of second
first grandchild of second
<div class="first-grandchild-of-second">
first grandchild of second
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="third">
third
</div>
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