On Oct 18, 8:01=A0pm, Joe Kesselman <keshlam.cat.nos...@verizon.net>
wrote:
> johkar wrote:
> > 1) Do I work from the root element and go deeper so that I don't
> > overwrite...in general what is the best strategy?
>
> You can't "overwrite" using XSLT. Things are output in the order, and
> nesting, that the stylesheet outputs them in. Focus on what you want to
> output and where you want to draw the information from. If the output
> document will follow roughly the same structure as the input document, a
> simple recursive tree walk via the xsl:apply-template operation and a
> template for each node that needs special handling (typically with the
> identity template as a catch-all for those nodes which can be copied
> through unchanged) is best practice. In those places where the output
> diverges from that structure, write the stylesheet logic "pull-style" --
> generate the appropriately nested elements/attributes/text, with
> xsl:value or attribute value templates used to explicitly retrieve the
> information.
>
> > 2) Do I have one identity template and one primary template match that
> > I put all my apply-templates within so that nothing is copied to the
> > output until all changes are made?
>
> XSLT does not "make changes". It generates a new output document, which
> is typically (but not guaranteed to be) written to the output as
> stylesheet processing takes place. If that isn't acceptable, I'd suggest
> you have the stylesheet write to a buffer of some variety -- eg, build a
> DOM tree -- which you can then process atomically.
>
> > 3) How can I use a common template to strip currency formatting for
> > any section of the XML that I might also be doing other changes too?
>
> See the xsl:call-template operation, which essentially lets you use a
> named template as a subroutine for other templates.

Thanks for the reply.  I think my main issue is that I was using push
style ALL the time and using separate templates out of the XML
structure sequence.  I think I need to mix in push style when
appropriate.  I am familiar with call-template but still have some
confusion on how one would use it to remove the currency formatting on
any text() that meets the criteria.  Can you provide any more
guidance?