Inside XSLT

Location Path Examples

You’ve seen a lot of location path theory, so how about some examples? The best way to learn this material is by example, so the following list includes a number of location path examples. (The abbreviated versions are next.)

• child::PLANET. Returns the <PLANET> element children of the context node.

• child::text(). Returns all text node children of the context node.

• child::node(). Returns all the children of the context node.

• attribute::UNIT. Returns the UNIT attribute of the context node.

• descendant::PLANET. Returns the <PLANET> element descendants of the context node.

• ancestor::PLANET. Returns all <PLANET> ancestors of the context node.

• ancestor-or-self::PLANET. Returns the <PLANET> ancestors of the context node. If the context ...