RE: [xsl] generate full xpath name to an attribute?

[Ray Tayek <rtayek@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:36 PM 3/31/03 +0100, you wrote:
> > yikes! - looks like the simplest way is to have:
> >
> > <xsl:template match="name">
> >         <xsl:for-each select="ancestor-of-self::*">
> >           <xsl:value-of select="name()" /><xsl:text>/</xsl:text>
> >         </xsl:for-each>
> >         <xsl:value-of select="." />
> >       </xsl:template>
> >
>
> That won't work if you want to generate a path that's independent of the
> namespace context.

true

>  If you want the path expression to be
> context-independent then you need to generate steps of the form
>
> *[local-name()='x' and namespace-uri()='y']

you lost me there. i can assume that there will be only one namespace in 
use or none for my case,.


> Also, the code above generates a path such as a/b/c/d which will select
> many elements, whereas you probably want one that selects a single
> element such as a[3]/b[2]/c[89]/d[1].

yes, i do have arrays and will want to solve that problem. but i could use 
number on the names of the elements perhaps?

>  But in this case the "tumbler"
> path of the form *[23]/*[2]/*[17] is simpler, and avoids namespace
> problems entirely.

i need to know the names, because i need to know what i am doing when i 
process the elements. the xpath names will be he values of name attributes 
in an html form.


> As you see, there are multiple solutions to this requirement - which is
> because there are actually a number of different requirements. This is
> why there is no standard function.....

i can see this.

is there any way to get at it using type(), like test="type()='ENTITY") or 
something like that?

thanks

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