Re: [xsl] Friday challenge: XSLT thats creates XPaths for meaningfully equivalent comparisons of XML files

["Robert Koberg" <rob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:48:26 -0400, Andrew Welch
<andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 			<xsl:for-each select="//*">

Maybe this should be select="node()" and then apply-templates on it and
match all possible nodes??

best,
-Rob


> 				<xsl:variable name="path" select="concat('/', string-join(for $x
> in ancestor-or-self::*
> 				return concat($x/local-name(), '[',
> count(.|$x/preceding-sibling::*[name() = current()/name()]), ']'),
> '/'))" as="xs:string"/>
> 				<xsl:for-each select="text()[normalize-space(.) != '']">
> 					<check><xsl:value-of select="concat($path, '/text[', position(),
> '] = ''', .,'''')"/></check>
> 				</xsl:for-each>
> 				<xsl:for-each select="@*">
> 					<check><xsl:value-of select="concat($path, '/@', name(), ' = ''',
> ., '''')"/></check>
> 				</xsl:for-each>
> 			</xsl:for-each>
> 		</xml>
> 	</checkXML>
> </xsl:template>
>
> The result is:
>
> <checkXML>
>    <xml src="file:/C:/test.xml">
>       <check>/root[1]/foo[1]/text[1] = 'foo'</check>
>       <check>/root[1]/foo[1]/@fooatt = 'att'</check>
>       <check>/root[1]/bar[1]/text[1] = 'bar'</check>
>       <check>/root[1]/bar[2]/text[1] = 'baz'</check>
>    </xml>
> </checkXML>
>
> The above transform is quick attempt to demonstrate the problem, I'm
> sure it can be improved on.
>
> Also, if there are any thoughts about this approach it would be good
> to hear them.
>
> cheers
> andrew
>
> ps. CheckXML is a work in progress, contact me if you'd like to be
> involved.



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