RE: [xsl] How many levels of nodes can we nest in a xsl:template?

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This problem has nothing to do with the level of nesting. The data is output
twice because you have asked it to be output twice:

            <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test="./@type ='speech' "> "<xsl:value-of
select="."/>" </xsl:when>
                <xsl:when test="./@type = 'thought' ">
                    <i>
                        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                    </i>
                </xsl:when>
            </xsl:choose>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="p"/>

It's written the first time when you do <xsl:value-of select="."/>, and it's
written the second time when you do <xsl:apply-templates select="p"/>.

I can't really advise you how to correct this because I don't understand
your data or your desired output well enough. 

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alice Wei [mailto:ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 09 September 2007 20:47
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] How many levels of nodes can we nest in a xsl:template?
> 
> Hi, 
>     
>     This is my first time trying to put in several layers of 
> nodes within a template, and the XML is found below:
> 
> 
>       <panelGroup>
>                 <panel n="1" characters="margo damian ike">
>                           <balloon who="ike" type="speech">
>                         <p>My <emph rend="bold">every</emph> 
> instinct led me to the <emph
>                                 rend="bold">right</emph> 
> passages, Doctor Damian! </p>
>                         <p> I'll record it on film for you, 
> right now!</p>
>                     </balloon>
>                             </panel> ........(more data)
>                      </panelGroup>
> 
> 
>     <xsl:template match="panelGroup">
> 
>         <table id="main" align="center" valign="middle">
>             <tr>
>                 <td>
>                     <xsl:apply-templates select="figure"/>
>                 </td>
>                 <td>
>                     <xsl:apply-templates select="panel"/>
>                 </td>
>             </tr>
>         </table>
>     </xsl:template>
> 
>  <xsl:template match="panel">
>                   <xsl:apply-templates/>      
>             </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="balloon">
>         <p>
>             <b>
>                 <xsl:value-of select="./@who"/>
>             </b>
>             <xsl:choose>
>                 <xsl:when test="./@type ='speech' "> 
> "<xsl:value-of select="."/>" </xsl:when>
>                 <xsl:when test="./@type = 'thought' ">
>                     <i>
>                         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>                     </i>
>                 </xsl:when>
>             </xsl:choose>
>             <xsl:apply-templates select="p"/>
>                          </p>
>     </xsl:template>
> 
>  <xsl:template match="p">
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
>             </xsl:template>
> 
> However, when I transform the data, the data appears twice. 
> The first line that appears is the line that does not have 
> any other formatting(bold or italics), and then the second 
> line would show the proper format. The problem is that when I 
> took out the <xsl:apply-templates/> line from the balloon 
> template, none of the bold print would show, although text 
> would be only appeared once. Is this because I have nested 
> too many levels of nodes within my "main template"? If so, 
> how many templates am I allowed to have to produce proper results?
> 
> A Newbie to xsl:templates nesting
> 
> Alice Wei
> MIS 2008
> School of Library and Information Science