EXSLT - set:difference - XSLT Template Implementation

Supported Version: 1
XML Definition: set.difference.xml
Source: set.difference.template.xsl

Source

<xsl:template name="set:difference">
   <xsl:param name="nodes1"
              select="/.." />
   <xsl:param name="nodes2"
              select="/.." />
   <xsl:apply-templates select="$nodes1[count(.|$nodes2) != count($nodes2)]"
                        mode="set:difference" />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="node()|@*"
              mode="set:difference">
   <xsl:copy-of select="." />
</xsl:template>

Change History

Submitted: 2001-03-28
Creator: Jeni Tennison(http://www.jenitennison.com)

Returns the nodes in the first node set that are not in the second node set.

Version	Modified	By	Details
1.1	2001-05-08	Jeni Tennison	Added a description of how the template-equivalent to the function works.
1.2	2001-05-22	Jeni Tennison	Added vendor implementations in Saxon and 4XSLT Changed status to stable
1.3	2001-06-11	Jeni Tennison	Added vendor implementation in jd.xslt.
1.4	2001-08-23	Jeni Tennison	Added vendor implementation in libxslt.
1.5	2002-08-20	Craig Stewart	Added Xalan-J implementation to the list.
1.6	2002-11-12	Craig Stewart	Updated 4XSLT version to 0.12.0a3.

Copyright

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