RE: [xsl] need help with converting attribute into elements

[Rod Humphris - FLPTN <rod.humphris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Code nested choose/when/otherwise blocks to cover all the combinations that
you want to catch. It isn't pretty but it will work. Copy/paste will get you
there fast enough!

<xsl:template match="text">
 <p>
  <xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="@bold='true'">
    <b>
     <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="@italic='true'">
       <i>
        <xsl:choose>
          <xsl:when test="@underline='true'">
           <u>
            <xsl:value-of select="."/>
          </u>
         <xsl:otherwise>
          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </xsl:otherwise>
       </xsl:choose>
       </i>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
        etc, etc....
    </b>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:otherwise>
  
   </xsl:otherwise> 
  </xsl:choose>
 </p>
</xsl:template>
There you are I've basically done it for you, just fill in the missing bits.

I can't myself think of a better way. I think perhaps that sometimes xslt
just is verbose and this may be one of them.

The best I can suggest is that you could write the code inside a named
template (look it up if you don't know) which takes an element as a
parameter and then at least you won't have to write it again and you can use
it on other elements besides a 'text' one. You could then xsl:include/import
it from a library xslt to make it more reusable again.

Ah just saw Jarno's. Much better. Take your pick.

Cheers

Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: Ale¹ Peregrin [mailto:ales.peregrin@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 October 2003 10:49
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] need help with converting attribute into elements


Hi Rod,

thanx for your solution suggestion.
I'm not sure, wheter I understand it right. Does it mean to write it eight
times, once for each combinatoion of the atribute values, e.g. first for
"all true", than <otherwise> one of them false and so on? Or is there some
easier way? Could you please
write some more detailed example?

thanx

Ales Peregrin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod Humphris - FLPTN" <rod.humphris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [xsl] need help with converting attribute into elements


> Hi Ales
>
> I expect someone could suggest a prettier and more modular approach but
> nested choose blocks would do it:
>
> <xsl:template match="text">
>  <p>
>   <xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when test="@bold='true'">
>     <b>
>      <xsl:choose>
>       <xsl:when test="@italic='true'">
>        <i>
>          etc, etc.....
>     </b>
>    </xsl:when>
>    <xsl:otherwise>
>
>    </xsl:otherwise>
>   </xsl:choose>
>  </p>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Cheers
>
> Rod
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ale¹ Peregrin [mailto:ales.peregrin@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 October 2003 09:47
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> X-Scanned: By Symantec Anti-Virus Scan Engine
> Subject: RE: [xsl] need help with converting attribute into elements
>
>
> Hi!
> I'm trying to make a XSLT stylexheet for transforming XML document into
HTML
> and there is a problem I'm unable to solve, even after a week of trying
and
> searching all over the internet. The problem looks quite easy to me and it
> seems I'm missing something important about XSL  language. Here it goes:
>
> I have an XML tag which looks like this: <text bold=true italic=true
> underline=false>Help!</text>
> In this case, the result in HTML should be:
> <font>
>    <b>
>       <i>
>          Help!
>       </i>
>    </b>
> </font>
>
> I simply need to transform the attributes into HTML elements so that any
of
> the possible combinations of the atributes' values would be transformed
> correctly.
>
> Can anyone help me?
> Thanx.
> Ales Peregrin
>
>
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