[xsl] grouping with xsl:for-each-group

Subject: [xsl] grouping with xsl:for-each-group
From: gregor FELLENZ <gregor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:47:03 +0200
hi there,

i've got a flat xml document and need some hierachy in there. the first approach was promising, but now i'm stuck how to fix the last bit.
i think i could do a procedural style, but i guess theres an elegant solution for the problem.


i would like to put any group of "einschub" elements in a separate container. this works fine when there's an other element inbetween. but fails with different "einschub" sibling-elements.

step by step:
1. source doc:
<kapitel>
    <abs>abs</abs>
    <einschub1>einschub1</einschub1>
    <einschub1>einschub1</einschub1>
    <abs>abs</abs>
    <einschub1>einschub1</einschub1>
    <einschub2>einschub2</einschub2>
    <abs>abs</abs>
    <abs>abs</abs>
</kapitel>

2. xslt
<xsl:template match="kapitel">
<xsl:element name="kapitel">
<xsl:for-each-group select="*" group-adjacent="starts-with(local-name(),'einschub')" >
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="current-grouping-key()">
<xsl:element name="einschub">
<xsl:attribute name="typ" select='replace(local-name(), "[^\d]+", "")'/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="current-group()"/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:apply-templates select="current-group()"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each-group>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>


<xsl:template match="einschub1|einschub2">
        <xsl:element name="abs">
            <xsl:apply-templates/>
        </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

3. output with saxon9
<kapitel>
    <abs>abs</abs>
    <einschub typ="1">
        <abs>einschub1</abs>
        <abs>einschub1</abs>
    </einschub>
    <abs>abs</abs>
    <einschub typ="1">
        <abs>einschub1</abs>
        <abs>einschub2</abs>
    </einschub>
    <abs>abs</abs>
    <abs>abs</abs>
</kapitel>


4. desired output <kapitel> <abs>abs</abs> <einschub typ="1"> <abs>einschub1</abs> <abs>einschub1</abs> </einschub> <abs>abs</abs> <einschub typ="1"> <abs>einschub1</abs> </einschub> <einschub typ="2"> <abs>einschub2</abs> </einschub> <abs>abs</abs> <abs>abs</abs> </kapitel>

any help is greatly appreciated!


all the best, gregor

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