Re: [xsl] My brain is hurting

[Geert Josten <Geert.Josten@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris,

Could you be more precise? I'm confused about the way you are using <usegroup> (which doesn't look 
like a valid element to me? And why should parameter value 'default' result only in 'chris'?

Cheers,
Geert

Chris Picton wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have the following xml structure.  To paraphrase quickly, I have users
> and groups, each user or group has a parent group defined - except for
> group 'default', which is always top of the tree.  I have settings for
> each user and group.  Each settings node can be specified as 'use
> settings from parent group', or 'specify my own settings'.
>
> <root>
>   <settings>
>     <user name="chris">
>       <usegroup="1" />
>     </user>
>     <user name="phil">
>       <usegroup="0" />
>       ...
>     </user>
>     <group name="default">
>       <usegroup="0" />
>       ...
>     </group>
>     <group name="othergroup">
>       <usegroup="1" />
>     </group>
>
>   </settings>
>   <users>
>     <user name="chris" parent="othergroup">
>       ...
>     </user>
>     <user name="phil" parent="othergroup">
>       ...
>     </user>
>     <group name="default" parent="">
>       ...
>     </group>
>     <group name="othergroup" parent="default">
>       ...
>     </group>
>   </users>
> </root>
>
>
>
> I am trying to write a transform which, when given a group name as a
> parameter, will output a list of usernames which will use that group's
> settings.
>
> Example, if parameter 'group' == default,
> it will output "chris" in the above example
>
> However, my xsl skills are nowhere near good enough for this.
>
> Does anyone have ideas for me?
>
> Regards
>
> Chris

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