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Stuart Brown wrote: >> 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"/> [snip] I wouldn't advise doing this, as each time you apply templates in a separate mode you tell the processor to locate a template for each of the children of the element. That's a lot more work for the processor than selecting the set of elements that you want and processing only those. Of course that doesn't mean you can't use modes as well, just I'd do: <xsl:apply-templates select="apple" mode="doApples" /> for example. > If you really want to do it your way, use select="not(name() = > 'apple' or name() = 'orange')". Nope, for two reasons. First, the select attribute on xsl:apply-templates has to select a node set, but this expression returns a boolean value (true or false). Second, using the name() function isn't a good way of testing what an element is -- it doesn't take into account the namespace of an element, instead using the element's *prefix*, which might change from document to document. The best method (as others have said) is: <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::apple or self::orange)]" /> Cheers, Jeni --- Jeni Tennison http://www.jenitennison.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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