Axis problem

[Juergen Baier <x_baier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm a XSLT beginner and I recently run into a problem. I couldn't find
an example where my problem is explained (probably I just didn't see it
in the FAQs).

I have a XML source like this:

<component class="someClass" name="myName">
      <properties>
        <property name="someProperty" type="someType">
          <specialProperty name="someSpecialProperty"/>
        </property>
        <property name="otherProperty" type="otherType">
          <otherSpecialProperty name="someOtherSpecialProperty/>
        </property>
	<!-- many other properties -->
      </properties>
</component>
<!-- some other components ...-->

I have written a stylesheet:

<xsl:template match="component">
<xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="@class = 'someClass'">
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="properties/property/@type = 'someType'">
        someClass name: <xsl:value-of select="@name"/> 
        , property name: <xsl:value-of
select="properties/property/someProperty/@name"/>
        , specialProperty name: <xsl:value-of
select="properties/property/someProperty/specialProperty/@name">
        <!-- do some special things ... --> 
      </xsl:when>
      <!-- some other whens -->
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

which correctly prints out the name of component and the name of a
special type of property.
But: different classes often have the same properties. So instead of
checking the property type inside the <xsl:when test="@class =
'someClass'>..</xsl:when> I want a more generic approach, like this:

<xsl:template match="properties">
<xsl:for-each select="property">
<xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="@type = 'someType'">
    someClass name: <xsl:value-of select="XXXXX"/>
    , property name: <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
    , specialProperty name: <xsl:value-of
select="specialProperty/@name"/>"
  </xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

The output should be:

someClass name: myName, property name: someProperty, specialProperty
name: someSpecialProperty
otherClass name: myName, property name: someOtherProperty,
specialProperty name: someOtherSpecialProperty
someClass name: myName2, property name: someProperty, specialProperty
name: someSpecialProperty

Instead of the XXXXX I tried several XPath-Expressions (parent,
ancestor, ...), but I never get the @name of the component which
properties I am processing now. The other stuff (propertyName and
specialPropertyName) works correctly.

Hmm. Hope that was not too confusing ...

If you've any idea what I'm doing wrong, please give me a hint.

Thanks a lot,

Juergen
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Juergen Baier
x_baier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Propack Data GmbH


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