In the absence of an "as" attribute, $test refers to a document node that
has the element <one> as its child.
With the "as" attribute present, $test refers to the <one> element.
See http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#variable-values
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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From: tom tom [mailto:tomxsllist(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com]
Sent: 13 September 2006 15:52
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Assigning types to variables
Hi all, if I have declared the following variable:
<xsl:variable name="test" as="element()">
<one>
<two>hello</two>
</one>
</xsl:variable>
I don't understand why <xsl:sequence select="$test/two"/>
retrieves the value of <two/> while <xsl:sequence
select="$test/one/two"/> does not. If I omit the 'as'
attribute it works the other way round. What exactly is
happening when I assign a node() or element() or whatever
type to this variable?
Also could you advise what type I should be using for this
kind of task?
I guess my problem is that I'm thinking about variables in
XSLT 1 terms!
As usual thanks in advance
Tom
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