Re: Pattern "node()" and document nodes

Well, I wanted to simplify things too much :)

However, the spec says this exactly:

" node() matches any node other than an attribute node, namespace
node, or document node."

http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#pattern-examples (the 12th bullet).


And David Carlisle provided the precise explanation why this is so.

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On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Florent Georges <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
>
>> No, because, there is no way to issue <xsl:apply-templates/>
>> that would process a document node
>
> B Well, without @select that's true, but:
>
> B  B <xsl:variable name="doc">
> B  B  B  <root/>
> B  B </xsl:variable>
> B  B <xsl:apply-templates select="$doc"/>
>
> B Anyway, xsl:apply-templates is not the only way to apply rules
> to a node. B Most of my transforms actually apply rules to a
> document node: the transform itself, with an source document, is
> defined as the result of applying the rule to the document node
> for this source ;-)
>
> B Regards,
>
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> Florent Georges
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