[xsl] Document Function Befuddlement - results

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Document Function Befuddlement - results

As you may remember, I was getting unexpected results when I tried running a transform against multiple XML input files (unexpected
in that I wasn't getting the same results that I got when I ran the transform against the XML files individually).

I was using statements in this form in IE7:

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:variable name="file_list" select="document('file name list.xml.xml')/monthly/day"/>
  <xsl:for-each select="document($file_list/@link)//*">

and other variations, resulting in either absent or extra lines appearing in the result.

Michael Kay remarked that it looked like a bug in the IE7 processor and suggested that I try another processor. I did, and the above
coding worked fine - IE was the problem.

After experimenting (a lot), I found that this worked correctly in IE7:

 <xsl:variable name="file_list" select="document('file name list.xml')//@link"/>
  <xsl:for-each select="document($file_list)">
   <xsl:for-each select="//*|//@*">


My thanks for your help, this list is a great resource.

Mike McBee
Signature House
systems@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.signaturehouse.net
304-842-3386


Element and Attribute List, by File
Position  Level  Path            Name    Value     Type
--------  -----  --------------  ------  --------  ---------
1         1      /               daily             element
2         2      /daily/         client            element
3         2      /daily/client/  s       m         attribute
4         3      /daily/client/  day     1         element
5         3      /daily/client/  name    John      element
1         1      /               daily             element
2         2      /daily/         client            element
3         2      /daily/client/  s       f         attribute
4         3      /daily/client/  day     2         element
5         3      /daily/client/  name    Margaret  element



listnodes.xsl
-------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:template match="/">
 <xsl:variable name="file_list" select="document('file name list.xml')//@link"/>
 <table border="1">
  <tr><td colspan="6">Element and Attribute List, by File</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Position</td><td>Level</td><td>Path</td>
  <td>Name</td><td>Value</td><td>Type</td></tr>
  <xsl:for-each select="document($file_list)">
   <xsl:for-each select="//*|//@*">
    <xsl:if test="''=''">
     <tr>
      <!-- Get the sequential position in the node set -->
      <td><xsl:number value="position()"/></td>
      <!-- Get the level in the tree -->
      <td><xsl:value-of select="count(ancestor-or-self::*)"/></td>
      <!-- Get the path -->
      <td>
       <xsl:for-each select="ancestor::node()">
        <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
        <xsl:text>/</xsl:text>
       </xsl:for-each>
      </td>
      <!-- Get the node name -->
      <td><xsl:value-of select="name(self::node())"/></td>
      <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="self::*">
        <!-- For an element node, get the value and indicate type -->
        <td><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(text())"/></td>
        <td><xsl:value-of select="'element'"/></td>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:choose>
         <xsl:when test="count(.|../@*)=count(../@*)">
          <!-- For an attribute, get the value and indicate type -->
          <td><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)"/></td>
          <td><xsl:value-of select="'attribute'"/></td>
         </xsl:when>
         <xsl:otherwise>
          <!-- For anything else -->
          <td><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)"/></td>
          <td><xsl:value-of select="'other'"/></td>
         </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
       </xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
     </tr>
    </xsl:if>
   </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:for-each>
 </table>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

launch list nodes.xml
---------------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href=".//list nodes.xsl"?>
<null>null</null>

file name list.xml
------------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl"?>
<monthly>
  <day link="day1.xml"/>
  <day link="day2.xml"/>
</monthly>

day1.xml
--------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<daily>
  <client s="m">
    <day>1</day>
    <name>John</name>
  </client>
</daily>

day2.xml
--------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<daily>
  <client s="f">
    <day>2</day>
    <name>Margaret</name>
  </client>
</daily>