Subject: RE: [xsl] splitting multiple occurrences of an element within another element From: "Brian Benson" <bbenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:52:18 -0500 |
Tom, Thanks for the help. Sorry, but I forgot to mention that a doclink can be nested any level of elements deep inside the document. I can't count on it being directly under the document. How can I change your code to find doclinks no matter how many levels deep they are. FYI, the code that I posted, finds all doclinks no matter how many levels deep they are, but doesn't return other information that I need. "Passin, Tom" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: cc: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [xsl] splitting multiple occurrences of an element within another element rrytech.com 09/24/2003 01:17 PM Please respond to xsl-list [Brian Benson] > > > I am trying to convert an xml file that looks like this > ==================== > <database> > <document form='formname'> > <noteinfo unid='abc'/> > <doclink document='1'/> > <doclink document='2'/> > </document> > </database> > > Into an xml file that looks like this > ===================== > </database> > <document> > <form>formname</form> > <unid>abc</unid> > <doclink>1</doclink> > </document> > > <document> > <form>formname</form> > <unid>abc</unid> > <doclink>2</doclink> > </document> > </database> > There is no one right way to do this. I think it is simplest to start from the main discriminant that you have, which is the doclink. Each doclink is to get its own containing element. The fact that the container is called "document" and there is also a "document" element in the source is just a coincidence - don't be driven by it. I would just apply-templates to a node set consisting of the doclinks. Given a doclink, you know where the other related pieces of information are, so it is easy to get them. Here is a stylesheet that does just this - <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:variable name='documents' select='/database/document/doclink'/> <xsl:template match="/"> <database> <xsl:apply-templates select='$documents'/> </database> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match='doclink'> <document> <form><xsl:value-of select='../@form'/></form> <unid><xsl:value-of select ='../noteinfo/@unid'/></unid> <doclink><xsl:value-of select=' @document'/></doclink> </document> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> You would not have to actually create a variable - you could put the select expression inline - but this way makes the intent more clear. Of course, if any of the doclinks shows up in more than one place, you may have to do something more complicated, depending on what you want the result to be. Your task here is perfectly suited to xslt. The principles in use here are - 1) Select a set of nodes to transform. 2) Write down the form of the desired output, specifying the location of the data to be slotted into the results, and 3) step back and let the processor do its work. Cheers, Tom P Cheers, Tom P XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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