Re: [xsl] Template for node-set parents

[Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try:

1. define a global variable $v1 that selects the result of the path 
expression in document order.

2. define another global variable $v2 that selects the sorted result of 
the path expression

3. Use a base template rule that's the identity copy

4. Add a template rule that matches nodes in $v1 (match="node()[. 
intersect $v1]). In this rule, determine the index position of this node 
in $v1 (count ($v1[. << $this]) + 1), and output the corresponding node 
from $v2 (copy-of select="$v2[$n]").

Michael Kay
Saxonica


On 19/10/2012 18:03, Darren Oh wrote:
> I am trying to generate a stylesheet that copies an XML source document. The only change should be that nodes selected by an XPath expression are sorted. I want this to work for any XML source document. The only information available to generate the stylesheet is the XPath expression and the sort criteria. I think this requires creating a template for the parents of the nodes selected by the XPath expression. How can I do this?