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RE: The Match Game vs The Name Game

Subject: RE: The Match Game vs The Name Game
From: "Evan Lenz" <elenz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:00:13 -0700
match game template
The only time the match attribute is ever significant is when
xsl:apply-templates is called (explicitly or from the built-in template
rules). The only time the name attribute is ever significant is when
xsl:call-template is called (only explicitly). The remaining attribute that
you can use is mode, which is only ever significant when there is a match
attribute (and when xsl:apply-templates is called).

In conclusion, named templates and template rules have orthogonal
functionality. No conflicts result from overloading a template for both. In
other words, adding a match attribute to a named template won't break
xsl:call-template, and adding a name attribute to a template rule won't
break xsl:apply-templates.

Hope this helps,

Evan Lenz
XYZFind Corp.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of McKeever,
> Marty
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:45 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  The Match Game vs The Name Game
>
>
> For some reason I didn't expect this to work, because I can't find any
> specific reference to it in any of my resources.  I went ahead and tried
> anyway, and it seemed to work like a charm
>
> <xsl:template name="fubar" match="foo/bar">
>
> Matches all bar elements of foo by default, and also can be called
> specifically with:
> <xsl:call-templates name="fubar">
>
> Any reason I should be surprised by this? Or, any caveats I need
> to be aware
> of before I go nuts with this new discovery?
>
> Thanks,
> Marty
>
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
>
>


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