XSLT Quick Reference

Node Tests

node()

Any Node of any type.

*

Any Node (of principle type, depends on context)

• child::* – selects all Element children
• attribute::* – selects all Attributes of context node

text()

Any Text Node

comment()

Any Comment Node

processing-instruction()
processing-instruction(NAME)

Any Processing Instruction Node

If NAME provided, instruction must have same name to match.

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The Context Node

Examples

child::FooBar

Child Element(s) named 'FooBar' in context node.

attribute::FooBar

Attribute(s) named 'FooBar' in context node.

FooBar/@*

Attributes of child Element(s) named 'FooBar'.

child::FooBar/child::BazFan

Child Element(s), named 'BazFan', with 'FooBar' Element parents (that are children of the context node).

descendant-or-self::*/@*

All Elements and Attributes in the document.