Re: Rule of thumb: Are XPath 2.0 or XSLT 2.0 construct

> I like pure XPath solutions because they are less verbose, but I find
> "full" XSLT less restricting and easier to debug (especially when I
> want to check what variable holds what value).

Since about 6 months oXygen has implemented stepping through an XPath
expression (not sure about setting breakpoints). Thus there should be
no difference in debugging XPath code and XSLT code with oXygen.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:59 PM, TW <zupftom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> in XSLT 2.0, I quite often find that I can do things using either
> XPath or XSLT constructs. B For example, in a step-by-step calculation
> I define a number of variables, either with <xsl:variable> or XPath
> "for $x in y" expressions. B I can use <xsl:choose> or XPath's
> if/then/else (single or chained). B Sometimes a goal can be achieved
> with either <xsl:for-each>/<xsl:sort> and more complex sort criteria
> and return values, or max()/min() and some conditional treatment.
>
> I like pure XPath solutions because they are less verbose, but I find
> "full" XSLT less restricting and easier to debug (especially when I
> want to check what variable holds what value). B But how does it look
> performance-wise? B Is there a valid rule of thumb what constructs are
> cheaper in general? B Do XSLT constructs maybe have an overhead that
> XPath ones don't?
>
> Thomas W.
>



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