Subject: [xsl] work-around for poor XML design needed From: "jdunning" <jdunning@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:56:56 +0200 |
Hi all, I need a workaround for a poor XML design. The XML structure is as follows: <states> <!-- countries which belong to no regional organization --> <country>AA</country> <country>AB</country> <country>AC</country> <country>AD</country> <!-- a regional organization --> <region> <!-- the name of the regional org. is a country code --> <country>AP</country> </region> <!-- countries following a region are members of that regional org. --> <country>GH</country> <country>GM</country> <country>KE</country> <country>UG</country> <!-- another regional org. --> <region> <!-- the other regional org.'s name --> <country>EP</country> </region> <!-- members of that regional org. --> <country>AT</country> <country>BE</country> <country>CH</country> <country>LI</country> <country>CY</country> </states> What I need is to display a list of regional organizations with members, followed by all countries not in an organization as such: AP: (GH, GM, KE, UG); EP: (AT, BE, CH, LI, CY); AA, AB, AC, AD The problem is that the countries that make up a region are not elementally contained and I'm unsure of a way to specify "the <country> elements between this <region> and the next <region>" This is the template I've been working with: <xsl:for-each select="states/region/country"> <xsl:value-of select="."/>:( <!-- PROBLEM: all following countries are siblings (regardless of which region they should belong to --> <xsl:for-each select="parent::region/following-sibling::country"> <xsl:value-of select="."/> <xsl:if test="not(position()=last)"> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each>); </xsl:for-each> <xsl:if test="parent::region[1]/preceding-sibling::country"> <xsl:for-each select="parent::region[1]/preceding-sibling::country"> <xsl:value-of select="."/> <xsl:if test="not(position()=last)"> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:if> Any help is always appreciated. TIA, John XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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