Don't output text nodes unless explicitly told to
File: Data.xml
<wine grape="A">
<winery>shop 1</winery>
<product>product 1</product>
<year>1998</year>
<desc>description</desc>
<prices>
<list>6.99</list>
<discounted>5.99</discounted>
<case>71.50</case>
</prices>
</wine>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="text()" />
<xsl:template match="list">
~~~~ Start of list element's template ~~~~ 1. List price
(current node): {
<xsl:apply-templates />
} 2. Parent element (prices) contents: {
<xsl:value-of select=".." />
} 3. Grandparent element contents: {
<xsl:value-of select="../.." />
} 4. Attribute of grandparent: {
<xsl:value-of select="../../@grape" />
} 5. Sibling node {
<xsl:value-of select="../discounted" />
} 6. Uncle node {
<xsl:value-of select="../../product" />
} 7. Parent node's name: {
<xsl:value-of select="name(..)" />
} 8. Grandparent node's name: {
<xsl:value-of select="name(../..)" />
} ~~~~ End of list element's template ~~~~
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
~~~~ Start of list element's template ~~~~ 1. List price
(current node): {
} 2. Parent element (prices) contents: {
6.99
5.99
71.50
} 3. Grandparent element contents: {
shop 1
product 1
1998
description
6.99
5.99
71.50
} 4. Attribute of grandparent: {
A
} 5. Sibling node {
5.99
} 6. Uncle node {
product 1
} 7. Parent node's name: {
prices
} 8. Grandparent node's name: {
wine
} ~~~~ End of list element's template ~~~~
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