Hi,

Is there a way of removing all comments from XML, using XSLT, like we do it for removing specific element/attribute in one go.

Thanks in advance for suggestions.

Pankaj

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Pankaj

Use the standard design pattern of an identity template plus an overriding template:

<xsl:template match="node()">
  <xsl:copy>
  <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="comment()" priority="2"/>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Thanks Michael again.

I will try it and let you know.

Though I've little confused about attribute "priority". I've just gone thru the documentation, which says the higher the priority number the higher the importance for a template.

Q: DID "Importance of template" the importance of processing a particular element/node?

Thanks anyway.

Pankaj

If you have two template rules that both match a particular node, then the one with the higher priority wins. In most cases you can rely on the default priority - in fact I think you can here - but the rules are complicated, so it's easier to make it explicit.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference