Re: [xsl] Joining sibling elements

["Joris Gillis" <roac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tempore 19:49:30, die 08/10/2005 AD, hinc in xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit Marcin MiEkowski <milek_pl@xxxxx>:

> <b>this</b><b> </b><b>is</b><b> </b><b>bold<text</b>
>
> which should be transformed this:
>
> <b>this is bold text</b>

Here's a stylesheet that will handle this simple scenario:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="1.0">
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="*[name(preceding-sibling::node()[1])=name()]"/>

<xsl:template match="*">
	<xsl:copy>
		<xsl:apply-templates/>
		<xsl:call-template name="mergeSiblings"/>
	</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="mergeSiblings">
<xsl:for-each select="following-sibling::node()[1][name()=name(current())]">
		<xsl:apply-templates/>
		<xsl:call-template name="mergeSiblings"/>
</xsl:for-each>	
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

The more complex case can be solved with this algorithm in multiple passes.

regards,
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