Subject: RE: Side-effects, state, internal references From: Jonathan Marsh <jmarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:49:57 -0700 |
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michel Goossens [mailto:Michel.Goossens@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 8:00 AM > The general structure is: > > <scrap> > <head> > <prod><lhs><rhs>.....</prod> > </scrap> > <scrap> > <head> > <prod><lhs><rhs>..<rhs>...</prod> > </scrap> > <scrap> > <head> > <prodgroup> > <prod><lhs><rhs>.....</prod> > <prod><lhs><rhs>.....</prod> > <prod><lhs><rhs>.....</prod> > </scrap> > > And I would like to get: > > Header 1 > (1) Production Rule 1 > (2) Production Rule 2 > .. > > Where the number between brackets is generated automatically. This is a symptom of a general problem with XSL right now. The functions available (e.g. childNumber) count relative to the SOURCE element, not to the output elements. Another example of this problem would be a rule that produced numbered output for your <scrap> elements while filtering out or reordering some of them. For instance, if some criteria filtered out the second <scrap>, childNumber would still give "1,3" instead of "1,2". Likewise, if my XSL reordered <scraps> in reverse, the numbers would still be "3,2,1". Not very useful. One solution might be to build counting behavior directly into the flow objects, such as the HTML <OL> provides. A more general solution would be for XSL to provide counting functions relative to the output tree, e.g. flowObjectChildNumber(). > A second more tricky problem is that several production rules > refer to each other... > This also is a deficiency in XSL, it is hard to follow references. Adding an ID/IDREF navigation capability within the query (<select-elements>) might provide an adequate basis for a solution. Jonathan Marsh XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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