need to output the content of an element with out the content of it's children

tonypg · May 3rd, 2012, 07:21 AM

Code:

<Parent>
<Child>FOO</Child>
I am all that should be outputted
<Child>FOO</Child>
</Parent>

This is an example of the section of xlm that i have, what i am trying to achieve is to output the parent element but not its children.
Is there any way to do this with Xpath. Have looked for the last 3hrs on the net for a solution but not joy.

Martin Honnen · May 3rd, 2012, 07:25 AM

Code:

<xsl:template match="Parent">
  <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="text()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

mhkay · May 3rd, 2012, 07:30 AM

You could tackle this with a stylesheet that consists of two template rules: a default rule that copies everything (the "identity template"):

Code:

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

plus a rule that defines the exceptions:

Code:

<xsl:template match="Parent/Child"/>