xsl:choose

Element information

Content

• Sequence [1..1]
  1. xsl:when [1..*]    
  2. xsl:otherwise [0..1]    

Attributes

Used in

• Anonymous type of element xsl:comment
• Anonymous type of element xsl:for-each
• Anonymous type of element xsl:processing-instruction
• Anonymous type of element xsl:template
• Group xsl:template
• Anonymous type of element xsl:copy via reference to xsl:template
• Anonymous type of element xsl:element via reference to xsl:template
• Anonymous type of element xsl:fallback via reference to xsl:template
• Anonymous type of element xsl:if via reference to xsl:template
• Anonymous type of element xsl:message via reference to xsl:template
• Anonymous type of element xsl:otherwise via reference to xsl:template
• Anonymous type of element xsl:when via reference to xsl:template
• Type xsl:attribute-type (Element xsl:attribute)
• Type xsl:variable via reference to xsl:template (Elements xsl:param, xsl:variable, xsl:with-param)

Substitution hierarchy

• xsl:instruction
  • can be substituted with xsl:char-instruction
    • can be substituted with xsl:choose

Sample instance

<xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="string">Any text, intermingled with:
      <xsl:top-level-element-and-char-instruction/>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:otherwise>Any text, intermingled with:
      <xsl:top-level-element-and-char-instruction/>
   </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>