RE: A beef with XSLT Sometimes too complicated

> I too am annoyed by the syntax. My pet peev is that
> xsl:attribute has to be the first element. This is really
> annoying if you want to optionally add an attribute.

xsl:attribute is not necessarily the first child element within
xsl:template or xsl:element, but does need to follow element insertion
directly.

VALID:

<xsl:element name="dummy">
  <xsl:attribute name="id">bla</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

<xsl:element name="dummy">
  <xsl:variable name="test" />
  <xsl:attribute name="id">bla</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

<xsl:element name="dummy">
  <xsl:call-template name="copy-some-attributes"/>
  <xsl:call-template name="doesnt-write-to-target-tree"/>
  <xsl:attribute name="id">bla</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

<xsl:element name="dummy">
  <xsl:variable name="myrtf">
    <xsl:call-template
name="calculate-tree-fragment-with-comments-elems-etc"/>
  </xsl:variable>
  <xsl:attribute name="id">bla</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

<xsl:element name="dummy">
  <xsl:variable name="mybool">
    <xsl:if test="$x = 'y'">YES!</xsl:if>
  </xsl:variable>
  <xsl:if test="$mybool = 'YES!'"> <!-- ignore the silly boolean
statements ;-) -->
    <xsl:attribute name="id">bla</xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:element>

INVALID:

<xsl:element name="dummy">
  <xsl:comment>Not allowed here!</xsl:comment>
  <xsl:attribute name="id">bla</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

<xsl:element name="dummy">
  <xsl:processing-instruction name="test">Not allowed
here!</xsl:processing-instruction>
  <xsl:attribute name="id">bla</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

<xsl:element name="dummy">
  <xsl:call-template
name="calculate-tree-fragment-with-comments-elems-etc"/>
  <xsl:attribute name="id">bla</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

Kind regards,
Geert


Drs. G.P.H. Josten
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