Re: Unwanted Empty Elements from transformation

Hello Everyone,

I've got a problem with my stylesheet. Here it is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0"

<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" encoding = 'ISO-8859-1' />

<xsl:template match="/">
<start>
<xsl:apply-templates select="//Foundation.Core.Class" />
</start>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Foundation.Core.Class">
<class>
<xsl:value-of select="Foundation.Core.ModelElement.name" /> </class>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*" />
</xsl:stylesheet>

While the template outputs the values expected of it, it also outputs some
annoying empty <class> elements. Here is a sample output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> - <start>
....
<class /> <class>ApplicantFile</class> <class /> <class /> <class /> <class /> <class>ApplicationDoc</class> <class /> <class /> <class /> <class /> <class>ApplicationForm</class> <class /> <class /> <class /> <class /> <class>DegreeRequirement</class> <class>Department</class> <class /> <class /> <class>EducationRecord</class> <class>EvaluationForm</class> <class>Major</class> <class /> <class /> <class>RecommendationLetter</class> <class>StandardizedTest</class> <class>User</class> <class><DummyClass></class> </start>

Please, somebody help me out. I'm completely clueless, what the reason for
this behaviour is. I've tried the code on both saxon and xalan.

Thanks,

Raimi Rufai