Re: [xsl] XSL pattern needed for begin/end elements

["M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ive been caught on that one as well Pieter :)  At first glance it seems obvious... but its just a difference in encoding and is perfectly fine from 
the standpoint of the parser and transformer...  If it makes you feel any better the time I posted a similar response was found and called out by 
Michael Kay... Although he didnt laugh at me that hard (figuratively speaking of course :) it was still Michael Kay so my cheeks were a bit red with 
embarrasment there for a while...

Tracy, let me look deeper into this and Ill respond back in a sec and see if I can help you out a bit...

<M:D/>



Pieter Reint Siegers Kort wrote:
> Hi Tracy,
>
> to start, your XML (both source and target) is not well-formed...
> id=3D"111", etc. - did some nasty character get mixed in perhaps?
>
> We might want to guess what's your real XML is like, but we better await
> your answer.
>
> Cheers,
> <prs/>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Atteberry [mailto:Tracy.Atteberry@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:15 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] XSL pattern needed for begin/end elements
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for an XSL pattern to solve the problem of going from XML that
> has separate begin and end elements to one that does not.
>
> Please, please note that I do not control either the source or target XML
> formats.  If I did, this would be much easier.
>
> Source XML snip:
>
> <doc>
>   <hyperlink_begin id=3D"111" end=3D"222">
>     <locator_url protocol=3D"http" host_name=3D"www.sf.net"/>
>   </hyperlink_begin>
>   <text_run>Click</text_run>
>   <text_run emphasis=3D"bold">here.</text_run>
>   <hyperlink_end id=3D"222" begin=3D"111"/> </doc>
>
> Target XML example:
>
> <cod>
>   <HyperLink xlink:href=3D"http://www.sf.net";>
>     Click <b>here.</b>
>   </HyperLink>
> </cod>
>
> In my case I can assume that associated begin and end hyperlink tags will
> occur as siblings -- though generally this is not the case and in fact, this
> is the reason the begin and end tags are unique elements.
>
> I have a template that /almost/ works so feel free to let me know why it
> fails OR suggest a completely different solution.
>
> Current XSL template snip:
>
> <xsl:template match=3D"//hyperlink_begin">
>     <xsl:variable name=3D"linkUrl">
>         <xsl:value-of select=3D"locator_url/@protocol"/>
>         <xsl:text>://</xsl:text>
>         <xsl:value-of select=3D"locator_url/@host_name"/>
>     </xsl:variable>
>     <xsl:variable name=3D"endID" select=3D"@end"/>
>     <xsl:element name=3D"HyperLink">
>         <xsl:attribute name=3D"xlink:href"><xsl:value-of
> select=3D"$linkUrl"/></xsl:attribute>
>         <xsl:apply-templates select=3D"(following-sibling::*) except
> (following-sibling::hyperlink_end[@id=3D$endID]/following-sibling::*)"/>
>     </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> This produces the correct hyperlink but the template for text_run elements
> gets called twice this way -- once inside the hyperlink, then again as
> templates continue to be applied.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
>
> Tracy Atteberry
>
> PS. I'm using Saxon 8
>
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