RE: [xsl] <xsl:apply-templates select="not('nodename')"/> ?

[Stuart Brown <sbrown at extenza dot co dot uk>]

Hi Michael,

> I would like to preferentially list some children ahead of 
> others. I'm 
> trying to do it like this:
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates select="./apple"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="./orange"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="not(apple|orange)"/>
> 
> ... I want for the third line to process all other children. It's not 
> working that way though. What's the right syntax to achieve this?

It's probably better to use template modes for this:

<xsl:apply-templates mode="doApples"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="doOranges"/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="theRest"/>

<!-- Apples mode: process apple and ignore everything else -->
<xsl:template match="apple" mode="doApples">
  <xsl:copy/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*" mode="doApples"/>

<!-- Oranges mode: process orange and ignore everything else -->
<xsl:template match="orange" mode="doOranges">
  <xsl:copy/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*" mode="doOranges"/>

<!-- The rest: ignore apples and oranges -->
<xsl:template match="apple | orange" mode="theRest"/>
<xsl:template match="mango" mode="theRest">
  <xsl:copy/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="durian" mode="theRest">
  <xsl:copy/>
</xsl:template>

If you really want to do it your way, use select="not(name() = 'apple' or
name() = 'orange')".

Hope this helps,

Stuart


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Rothwell [mailto:rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us]
> Sent: 27 August 2002 16:02
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: [xsl] <xsl:apply-templates select="not('nodename')"/> ?
> 
> 
> I would like to preferentially list some children ahead of 
> others. I'm 
> trying to do it like this:
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates select="./apple"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="./orange"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="not(apple|orange)"/>
> 
> ... I want for the third line to process all other children. It's not 
> working that way though. What's the right syntax to achieve this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -M
> 
> 
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