Re: xpath - how to return all nodes but the node match

In order to "delete" a node, I'm trying to write an xpath that, when given
an id, will return the entire tree with the exception of the matching node
for the id.

t:\ftemp>type scott.xml
<category id="5">music
 <category id="6">blues
  <artist id="7">bb king</artist>
  <artist id="8">lightnin hopkins</artist>
 </category>
 <category id="6">jazz
  <category id="11">bebop
   <artist id="12">charlie parker</artist>
  </category>
  <artist id="9">miles davis</artist>
  <artist id="10">john coltrane</artist>
 </category>
</category>

t:\ftemp>type scott.xsl
<xsl:stylesheet
  version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >
 <xsl:output
  method="xml"
  indent="yes"
  omit-xml-declaration="yes"
  cdata-section-elements="category artist" />
 <xsl:param name="delete_id"/>
 <xsl:template match="/|*|text()|processing-instruction()|comment()"
               name="copy-me">
  <xsl:copy><!--copy all elements if this were the only rule-->
   <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>
 <xsl:template match="artist">
   <xsl:if test="@id != $delete_id">
     <xsl:call-template name="copy-me"/>
   </xsl:if>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

t:\ftemp>saxon scott.xml scott.xsl delete_id="7"
<category id="5"><![CDATA[music
 ]]><category id="6"><![CDATA[blues

  ]]><artist id="8"><![CDATA[lightnin hopkins]]></artist><![CDATA[
 ]]></category><![CDATA[
 ]]><category id="6"><![CDATA[jazz
  ]]><category id="11"><![CDATA[bebop
   ]]><artist id="12"><![CDATA[charlie parker]]></artist><![CDATA[
  ]]></category><![CDATA[
  ]]><artist id="9"><![CDATA[miles davis]]></artist><![CDATA[
  ]]><artist id="10"><![CDATA[john coltrane]]></artist><![CDATA[
 ]]></category><![CDATA[
]]></category>
t:\ftemp>

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