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Example: Using different axes

XSLT elements used:xsl:stylesheet xsl:template xsl:apply-templates xsl:call-template xsl:value-of
XSLT and XPath functions used:count
XML source:<?xml version="1.0"?> <book> <chapter title="The sequel" xmlns:annotation="http://some.annotation.com/namespace/"> <annotation:para title="Paragraph"/> <para title="Yet another paragraph" annotation:referral="Tom Sawyer"/> <para title="Last paragraph"/> </chapter> </book>
XSLT code:<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="/"> <Overview>Overview of numbers of nodes on all axes <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </Overview> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> <xsl:call-template name="axes-summary"/> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template name="axes-summary"> name(): <xsl:value-of select="name()"/> local-name(): <xsl:value-of select="local-name()"/> namespace-uri(): <xsl:value-of select="namespace-uri()"/> Axis self: <xsl:value-of select="count(self::*)"/> Axis child: <xsl:value-of select="count(child::*)"/> Axis descendant: <xsl:value-of select="count(descendant::*)"/> Axis ancestor: <xsl:value-of select="count(ancestor::*)"/> Axis preceding-sibling: <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::*)"/> Axis following-sibling: <xsl:value-of select="count(following-sibling::*)"/> Axis attribute: <xsl:value-of select="count(attribute::*)"/> Axis preceding: <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding::*)"/> Axis following: <xsl:value-of select="count(following::*)"/> Axis namespace: <xsl:value-of select="count(namespace::*)"/> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
Resulting XML output:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Overview>Overview of numbers of nodes on all axes name(): book local-name(): book namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 1 Axis descendant: 4 Axis ancestor: 0 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 1 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 4 Axis namespace: 0 name(): chapter local-name(): chapter namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 3 Axis descendant: 3 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 3 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 3 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 3 Axis namespace: 0 name(): annotation:para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): http://some.annotation.com/namespace/ Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 2 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 2 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 0 name(): para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 2 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): annotation:referral local-name(): referral namespace-uri(): http://some.annotation.com/namespace/ Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 2 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 2 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 3 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 3 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 4 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0</Overview>An error occurred<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Overview>Overview of numbers of nodes on all axes name(): book local-name(): book namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 1 Axis descendant: 4 Axis ancestor: 0 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 1 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 4 Axis namespace: 0 name(): chapter local-name(): chapter namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 3 Axis descendant: 3 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 3 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 3 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 3 Axis namespace: 0 name(): annotation:para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): http://some.annotation.com/namespace/ Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 2 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 2 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 0 name(): para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 2 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): annotation:referral local-name(): referral namespace-uri(): http://some.annotation.com/namespace/ Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 2 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 2 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 3 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 3 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 4 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0</Overview><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><Overview>Overview of numbers of nodes on all axes name(): book local-name(): book namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 1 Axis descendant: 4 Axis ancestor: 0 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 1 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 4 Axis namespace: 0 name(): chapter local-name(): chapter namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 3 Axis descendant: 3 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 3 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 3 Axis namespace: 0 name(): annotation:para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): http://some.annotation.com/namespace/ Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 2 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 2 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 0 name(): para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 2 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): annotation:referral local-name(): referral namespace-uri(): http://some.annotation.com/namespace/ Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 2 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 2 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 3 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 3 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0 name(): local-name(): namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 4 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0</Overview><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Overview>Overview of numbers of nodes on all axes name(): book local-name(): book namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 1 Axis descendant: 4 Axis ancestor: 0 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 1 name(): chapter local-name(): chapter namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 3 Axis descendant: 3 Axis ancestor: 1 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 3 Axis namespace: 0 name(): annotation:para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): http://some.annotation.com/namespace/ Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 2 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 0 Axis following: 2 Axis namespace: 0 name(): para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 1 Axis following-sibling: 1 Axis attribute: 2 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): annotation:referral local-name(): referral namespace-uri(): http://some.annotation.com/namespace/ Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 1 Axis following: 1 Axis namespace: 0 name(): para local-name(): para namespace-uri(): Axis self: 1 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 2 Axis preceding-sibling: 2 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 1 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 2 name(): title local-name(): title namespace-uri(): Axis self: 0 Axis child: 0 Axis descendant: 0 Axis ancestor: 3 Axis preceding-sibling: 0 Axis following-sibling: 0 Axis attribute: 0 Axis preceding: 2 Axis following: 0 Axis namespace: 0</Overview>

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