RE: [xsl] mismatched tags with xsl:if

["Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>]

> I run into the following classical issue :
>
> <xsl:if test="...">
> <tag> <!-- opening tag -->
> </xsl:if>
> ...
> <xsl:if test="...">
> </tag> <!-- corresponding closing tag -->
> </xsl:if>

This basically means you're thinking in terms of writing tags to an output
file, not writing nodes to a tree (you can't write half a node). You have to
find some way of changing the logic to:

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="...">
   <tag>
      <xsl:call-template name="write-content"/>
   </tag>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
  <xsl:call-template name="write-content"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

Mike Kay
Software AG


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