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RE: strange behaviour in Xalan
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] strange behaviour in Xalan
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 16:00:14 +0100
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> <xsl:template match="boxes">
> <xsl:copy-of select="*|@*"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> , which in my eyes can cause problems, if the root-element
> has attributes.
I don't understand why you should think this can cause problems.
> 1. Why is the attribute test="1" not causing an error, but
> will be copied to the new root-element?
You asked for it to be copied by specifying <copy-of select="@*"/>
> 2. Where does '
> xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"; ' come
> from?
That namespace declaration is implicit on every node, but it should never be
output on serialization. (Though I'm not sure if the spec actually prohibits
it).
Mike Kay
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