Re: [xsl] Grouping the elements

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Raj,

Here's a not-so-orthodox solution (I think, not sure though) to your 
inquiry. It works as follows: grab the last item of each element and 
create a "List" element or a "copy" element to the output stream 
depending on the count of the node. If it is supposed to become a "List" 
element, it will copy all the nodes with the same name into that list. 
Here's the code (hope the lines are not messed up by the mailer):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?altova_samplexml testRaj.xml?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; >
  
<xsl:output indent="yes" method="xml" />

<xsl:template match="Root">
   <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:apply-templates
           select="year[position() = last()]" />
       <xsl:apply-templates
           select="month[position() = last()]" />
       <xsl:apply-templates
           select="week[position() = last()]" />
       <xsl:apply-templates
           select="day[position() = last()]" />
   </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*">
   <xsl:variable name="curName" select="name()" />
   <xsl:if test="count(../*[name() = $curName]) > 1">
       <xsl:element name="{local-name(.)}List">
           <xsl:copy-of select="../*[name() = $curName]" />
       </xsl:element>
   </xsl:if>
   <xsl:if test="count(../*[name() = $curName]) = 1">
       <xsl:copy-of select="." />
   </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


Best regards,
Abel Braaksma
http://abelleba.metacarpus.com


Arulraj wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the following xml for my input..
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Root>
>     <year>2006</year>
>     <year>2007</year>
>     <year>2008</year>
>     <week>1</week>
>     <day>01</day>
>     <day>02</day>
> </Root>
>
>
> My expected output is 
>
> <Root>
>     <yearList>
>         <year>2006</year>
>          <year>2007</year>
>         <year>2008</year>
>      <yearList>
>     <week>1</week>
>     <dayList>
>          <day>01</day>
>          <day>02</day>
>      </dayList>
> </Root>
>
>
> I want to group the element using xslt 1.0 and here element name is not fixed..it will be varied. when we have the same element then we need a parent element which have the element's name with List (i.e., yearList)
>
> Is it possible to grouping in xslt1.0?
>
> regards,
> raj