RE: XSL Stylesheet warning message

> <xsl:template match="text()|@*">
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="* | text() | @*">
>         <xsl:copy>
> 		    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
> 		    <xsl:apply-templates/>
>         </xsl:copy>    
> </xsl:template>

> "XSL Warning:Specificity conflicts found:  
> "* | text() | @*", text()|@*" Last found in stylesheet
> will be used.

The XSLT spec says that it's an error to have two template rules with the
same priority and precedence and mode that match the same node; and that the
processor has the option of reporting this error or recovering from it using
the last one found in the stylesheet.

Xalan, I believe, does both: it reports the problem as a warning and then
takes the recovery action. This seems a sensible strategy and in my view
it's within the conformance rules, even though it doesn't seem to be quite
what the writers of the spec had in mind.

Mike Kay 


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