Question

I want to make an axis the default for an entire select.

After reading the above sentence myself i know its quite unclear so here’s a longer explanation:

I’m finding a way to shorten this piece of code:

<xsl:variable name="v">
            <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test="self::name|self::history|self::area|self::title">qwerty</xsl:when>
            </xsl:choose>
        </xsl:variable>

I’m talking about the part: self::name|self::history|self::area|self::title is there a way to shorten it to something like this: self::(name|history|area|title) ?

or anything else you guys could propose?

Answer 1

Another approach: whenever you see xsl:choose, ask whether you could use xsl:apply-templates instead. Why not:

<xsl:template match="name|history|area|title" mode="zingo">qwerty</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*" mode="zingo"/>

<xsl:apply-templates select="self::*" mode="zingo"/>