You say you know XSLT well? Try answer this quiz of XSLT 1.0 oddities by James Fuller.
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From: James Fuller <jim.fuller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:04:03 +0100
a bit of distraction for those who must work.
I am generating a little 'quiz of oddities' for XSLT 1.0, some of which
I have bumped into from time to time....none are particularly mind
blowing, though some may make one stop and think.
Here are some of mine....(xsl:stylesheet elements have been stripped),
any more good questions out there ? Answers sometime around new years.
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Whats the output
XML
<root>
<test>1</test>
<test>2</test>
<test>3</test>
<test>4</test>
</root>
XSLT
<xsl:template match="root">
<xsl:apply-templates select="test"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*"> this template
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="node()"> that template
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>
When matching templates are equivelent which one gets matched?
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What does the string-length() function return in the following
xml / xslt snippet ?
XML
<doc>
<a>Testing this</a>
<a>and this too</a>
</doc>
XSLT
<xsl:template match="/">
<out>
<xsl:value-of select="string-length()"/><xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="string-length(doc/a)"/>
</out>
</xsl:template>
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Can a template be both named and match? for example is the following
construction possible?
<xsl:template name="my:book" match="book">
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Does exclude-result-prefixes defined on an xsl:stylesheet element apply
to subtrees included with xsl:include ?
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Is there any way of using apply-templates using a mode 'decided' at run
time ?
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What does this do?
<xsl:value-of select="name()"><a>some text</a></xsl:value-of>
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Can anyone show a clever use of the why one would use the floor()
function specifically in XSLT 1.0 ?
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How does one arrive to this xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<out>doc #1:
<bdd>http://example.com</bdd><ext>http://test.extension</ext>
<jad>http://administrator.com</jad><java>http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java</java>
<ped>http://tester.com</ped><xml>http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</xml>
doc #2:
<xml>http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</xml>
</out>
from this xml ?
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<docs>
<doc x="x" y="y" z="z"
xmlns:ext="http://test.extension";
xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java";
xmlns:ped="http://tester.com";
xmlns:bdd="http://example.com";
xmlns:jad="http://administrator.com"/>
<doc x="ax" y="ay" z="az"/>
</docs>
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Is the following a valid declaration for xsl:variable?
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="$myvar"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:variable name="myvar" select="'test output'"/>
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Which XSLT processors fully support EXSLT node-set extension ?
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When there is no xsl:output element how does an XSLT processor determine
that you want an html result ?
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How does FXSL calculate sin() ?
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Is there anyway to achieve a conditional inclusion (e.g. conditionally
use xsl:include) ?
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I have a few more.....pls send your questions, will compile and perhaps ask DaveP
to include in XSLT FAQ.
cheers, Jim Fuller
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