Re: [xsl] creating of id and refid

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Ganesh Babu N wrote:

> My XSL is like below:
>
> <xsl:template match="grant-sponsor">
> 		<grant-sponsor id="grs{position() - 1}">
> 			<xsl:apply-templates/>
> 		</grant-sponsor>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	<xsl:template match="grant-number">
> 		<grant-number refid="{preceding-sibling::grant-sponsor/@id}">
> 			<xsl:apply-templates/>
> 		</grant-number>
> 	</xsl:template>
>
> I am getting the empty refid. 

Well the stylesheet operates on the original source so @id does not 
exist as you create it only on the result element.

> Please suggest how to solve this problem.

If you can live with the XSLT processor generating ids then use

  <xsl:template match="grant-sponsor">
    <grant-sponsor id="{generate-id()}">
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </grant-sponsor>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="grant-number">
    <grant-number 
refid="{generate-id(preceding-sibling::grant-sponsor[1])}">
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </grant-number>
  </xsl:template>


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