RE: [xsl] simple tree problem ...

["Christopher R. Maden" <crism at maden dot org>]

At 02:57 25-10-2001, Michael Kay wrote:
> > First there was a tree ...
> > <snip>
> > <position>         1
> >    <position>      2
> >      <position/>   3
> >    </position>
> >    <position/>     4
> > </position>
> > <position/>        5
> > </snip>
>
>One way of doing a breadth-first tree walk is:
>
><xsl:template match="position">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="child::position" mode="visit"/>
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="child::position"/>
></xsl:template>
>
><xsl:template match="position" mode="visit">
>   <xsl:value-of select="."/>
></xsl:template>

Except that that latter template will get the contents of the position and 
all its descendants.  That would give

contents-of-1-2-3-and-4
contents-of-5
contents-of-2-and-3
contents-of-4
contents-of-3

<xsl:template match="position" mode="visit">
   <xsl:apply-templates select="text()"/>
</xsl:template>

might be better.

(Of course, Mike's example was only illustrative, but pedantry is the order 
of the day.)

-Chris
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