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> 0. Does <apply-templates select="xyz" /> perform a match on the xyz > node??? xyz node and all its immediate children only??? or xyz node > and all descendants of xyz node? the xpath xyz selects a set of nodes, in this case the set of all children of teh current node with that name. Templates are then applied to those nodes (only) in document order. this call to apply templates will not apply templates to descendants of any of these nodes. Descendants will only be processed if one of the templates that is applied recursively applies templates. (The default template for elements applies templates to child nodes, so there maty not be any explict calls to apply-templates) > 1. Does > <template match="xyz"> ... </template> > match xyz regardless of whether I wanted it do do so or not? If you didn't want it to match xyz you would presumably use a different match pattern. The template _matches_ xyz but it may or may not be executed depending on whether templates are ever applied to that node. > What I'm > trying to say there is no starting point of execution which I can use > to then decide which template should be applied at any given moment??? In XSLT 1 the starting point is always / so if for example you have <xsl:template match="/"> helloe world </xsl:template> then processing any input document always produces "hellow world" it doesn't nmatter what other match templates are in teh stylesheet as they will never be executed as this template just outputs teh text and stops it does not apply templates to any more nodes. > 2. If all templates are looked at for their match criteria regardless, > then what is the point of having the following two different forms??? > <apply-templates /> and <apply-templates select="xyz" /> they are not two different forms, just that the selct attribute has a default of node() which selects all child nodes. <apply-templates /> is the same as <apply-templates select="node()"/> it's just a bit of syntactic sugar for this common form. > 4. What's the best practice for using applying templates in terms of > when to use which form?? > <apply-templates /> > <apply-templates select="xyz" /> > <apply-templates select="xyz" mode="foo" /> > <call-template name="bar" /> It's not a case of best practice, they all do different things. > 6. Is it possible to call-template where the template has a "match" > attribute as well?? yes, if you use apply-templates then templates with match attributes will be considered, and name attributes are ignored. If you use call-template then name attributes are considered and match attributes are ignored. So a template that has both a name and a match attribute may be called by either mechanism. > If so how does it work? I mean, does it call the > template and the template checks for the match on the context node? or > do the call-template and the "match" apply at different times, as in > not both at the same time? No if you call a template by name, any match attribute that it has is irrelevant to that call. David ________________________________________________________________________ The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 1249803. The registered office is: Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, United Kingdom. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ________________________________________________________________________
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