Re: [xsl] Create Table

[bernie bonn <moochambo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I wanted to sort of start over with this one.  I feel I am close, but
the final solution is still evading me.  Anyway just wanted to re-submit my
xml and xsl examples and ask some new questions.  I have to thank Eric and
others for helping a newbie get this far. :)  All the solutions were great,
the problem was that I didn't fully understand the challenges.  My fault! 
Also, I am developing for the browser if that changes things.  

Anyway, I am
trying to format xml from a Software Build System into an html table.  The
goal is to create a table that takes 'general' data for each code change and
place it in a table row.  This data comes from nodes with field attributes of
'file','version','date','user','CR Number', and 'comment'.  I have this
working.  What I need to do next is fill a cell in the next row with all the
nodes with a field attribute of 'diff', this could be two lines or 40. 
Basically, in the new row select all nodes with a diff that come after
@field='comment', until the next time the attribute field does not equal diff
or equals 'file'.  I also, will need to keep track of the attribute lineId
because the data nodes are sorted in a really "unique" way (e.g. the first
node's lineId is 61.  The xsl below gets close to what I want but selects more
@field=diff nodes than I want.  

Also, with the recursive templates , I am
having trouble with the test.  My context node has an attribute of file, but I
want to recursively grab all the nodes for that change where attribute =
diff.  

I apologize for the large xml segment, but I think it will help
clarify the challenges. I have been experimenting a lot so the code may not be
that clean.  

Thanks so much.  I am learning a lot here...

XML:
<interface-categories><categoryname="Source
Changes"category="Source"><datalineId="61"section="diff"field="diff">266c267,
273</data><datalineId="62"section="diff"field="diff">&lt; continue
workerPayComponentLoop;</data><datalineId="63"section="diff"field="diff">---<
/data><datalineId="64"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; continue
workerPayComponentLoop;</data><datalineId="65"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
} else {</data><datalineId="66"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; if
(clientCategoryCode.equals("blank") &amp;&amp;
"5".equals(row.getString("icpc_calc"))</data><datalineId="67"section="diff"fi
eld="diff">&gt; &amp;&amp; (waLIValues.contains(desc) &amp;&amp;
!hasActiveWaPolicy(row.getLong("icpc_ic_id"))))</data><datalineId="68"section
="diff"field="diff">&gt;
{</data><datalineId="69"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; setMemoInd =
true;</data><datalineId="70"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
 }</data><datalineId="71"section="diff"field="diff">509a517</data><datalineId
="72"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
{</data><datalineId="73"section="diff"field="diff">510a519,521</data><datalin
eId="74"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; if
(setMemoInd)</data><datalineId="75"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
method.setIncludeMemoHours(true);</data><datalineId="76"section="diff"field="
diff">&gt;
}</data><datalineId="77"section="diff"field="diff">777c788,796</data><datalin
eId="78"section="diff"field="diff">&lt; }
</data><datalineId="79"section="diff"field="diff">---</data><datalineId="80"s
ection="diff"field="diff">&gt;
}</data><datalineId="81"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
</data><datalineId="82"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; private boolean
hasWorkersCompProduct (Client clt) throws
PayrollException</data><datalineId="83"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
{</data><datalineId="84"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; ClientProduct
reportService =
 ConversionHelper.getClientProductByType(clt.getPrimaryKey(),
ProductType.PAYCHEX_WORKERS__COMPENSATION_REPORT_SERVICE,
clt.getAsOfDate());</data><datalineId="85"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; if
(reportService != null)</data><datalineId="86"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
return true;</data><datalineId="87"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; return
false;</data><datalineId="88"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
}</data><datalineId="89"section="Section1"field="URL">[url]\\rnd-spbuild-1\we
b\nightly\spr2010_apr_dev\CA_C-b3h_179_spr2010_apr_dev\index.html[/url]</data
><datalineId="31"section="diff"field="diff">1012c1024</data><datalineId="32"s
ection="diff"field="diff">&lt; setMethod(row.getString("icpc_calc"),
row.getString("ic_401k_calc"),
clientPayComponent);</data><datalineId="33"section="diff"field="diff">---</da
ta><datalineId="34"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
setMethod(row.getString("icpc_calc"), row.getString("ic_401k_calc"),
clientPayComponent,
 setMemoInd);</data><datalineId="35"section="diff"field="diff">1125a1138,1145
</data><datalineId="36"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
}</data><datalineId="37"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
</data><datalineId="38"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; private boolean
hasWorkersCompProduct (Client clt) throws
PayrollException</data><datalineId="39"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
{</data><datalineId="40"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; ClientProduct
reportService = ConversionHelper.getClientProductByType(clt.getPrimaryKey(),
ProductType.PAYCHEX_WORKERS__COMPENSATION_REPORT_SERVICE,
clt.getAsOfDate());</data><datalineId="41"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; if
(reportService != null)</data><datalineId="42"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
return true;</data><datalineId="43"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; return
 false;</data><datalineId="44"section="changes"field="file">.\payx\domain\dev
\src\com\paychex\spr\domain\conversion\task\ConvertHistoryWages.java</data><d
atalineId="45"section="changes"field="version">\main\spr2010_apr_dev\2</data>
<datalineId="46"section="changes"field="date">20100310.102844</data><dataline
Id="47"section="changes"field="user">jryan</data><datalineId="48"section="cha
nges"field="cr_number">602018</data><datalineId="49"section="changes"field="c
omment">fix for log
5960</data><datalineId="50"section="diff"field="diff">1296a1297,1298</data><d
atalineId="51"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; } else
{</data><datalineId="52"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
 chkpc.setWorkerPaycomponentMemoHoursIndicator(true);</data><datalineId="53"s
ection="changes"field="file">.\payx\domain\dev\src\com\paychex\spr\domain\con
version\task\CreateWorkerPayComponents.java</data><datalineId="54"section="ch
anges"field="version">\main\spr2010_apr_dev\1</data><datalineId="55"section="
changes"field="date">20100310.102819</data><datalineId="56"section="changes"f
ield="user">jryan</data><datalineId="57"section="changes"field="cr_number">60
2018</data><datalineId="58"section="changes"field="comment">fix for log
5960</data><datalineId="59"section="diff"field="diff">261a262</data><dataline
Id="60"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; boolean setMemoInd =
false;</data><datalineId="3"section="changes"field="date">20100310.102809</da
ta><datalineId="4"section="changes"field="user">jryan</data><datalineId="5"se
ction="changes"field="cr_number">602018</data><datalineId="6"section="changes
"field="comment">fix for log
 5960</data><datalineId="7"section="diff"field="diff">18a19</data><datalineId
="8"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; import
com.paychex.spr.clientproduct.ClientProduct;</data><datalineId="9"section="di
ff"field="diff">19a21,22</data><datalineId="10"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
import
com.paychex.spr.clientproduct.config.ProductFinderUtility;</data><datalineId=
"11"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; import
com.paychex.spr.clientproduct.ejb.ClientProductAssembler;</data><datalineId="
12"section="diff"field="diff">720c723</data><datalineId="13"section="diff"fie
ld="diff">&lt; private void setMethod(String code, String calc401k,
ClientPayComp
clientPayComponent)</data><datalineId="14"section="diff"field="diff">---</dat
a><datalineId="15"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; private void
setMethod(String code, String calc401k, ClientPayComp clientPayComponent,
boolean
 setMemoInd)</data><datalineId="16"section="diff"field="diff">731a735,736</da
ta><datalineId="17"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; if
(setMemoInd)</data><datalineId="18"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
method.setIncludeMemoHours(true);</data><datalineId="19"section="diff"field="
diff">967a973</data><datalineId="20"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; boolean
setMemoInd =
false;</data><datalineId="21"section="diff"field="diff">972c978,984</data><da
talineId="1"section="changes"field="file">.\payx\domain\dev\src\com\paychex\s
pr\domain\conversion\task\ConvertClientPayComponents.java</data><datalineId="
2"section="changes"field="version">\main\spr2010_apr_dev\1</data><datalineId=
"22"section="diff"field="diff">&lt; continue
clientPaycomponentLoop;</data><datalineId="23"section="diff"field="diff">---<
/data><datalineId="24"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; continue
clientPaycomponentLoop;</data><datalineId="25"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
} else
 {</data><datalineId="26"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; if
(categoryCode.equals("blank") &amp;&amp;
"5".equals(row.getString("icpc_calc"))</data><datalineId="27"section="diff"fi
eld="diff">&gt; &amp;&amp; (waLIValues.contains(desc) &amp;&amp;
!hasActiveWaPolicy(clientKey)))</data><datalineId="28"section="diff"field="di
ff">&gt; {</data><datalineId="29"section="diff"field="diff">&gt; setMemoInd =
true;</data><datalineId="30"section="diff"field="diff">&gt;
}</data></category>


XSL:  Partially working

<?xml version='1.0'
encoding='utf-8'?><xsl:stylesheetversion='1.0'xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/x
html'xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'><xsl:outputomit-xml-dec
laration='no'method='xml'indent='yes'xml:space='default'encoding='utf-8'/><xs
l:templatematch='/'><htmlxml:lang='en'><head><title>table
example</title><!--<style
type='text/css'>table{table-layout:fixed;width:auto}</style>--></head><body><
tablewidth='0'summary='summary goes here for
accessibility'border="1"><caption>Source
Changes</caption><thead><tr><th>File</th><th>Version</th><th>Date</th><th>Use
r</th><th>CR
Number</th><th>Comment</th></tr></thead><tbody><xsl:apply-templatesselect="//
category[@name='Source
Changes']/data[@field='file']"/></tbody></table></body></html></xsl:template>
<xsl:templatematch='data'><xsl:paramname='i'select='./@lineId'></xsl:param><!
--***can't use following-sibling here because some are not following need to
find based on
 lineId***--><tr><th><xsl:value-ofselect='.'/></th><th><xsl:value-ofselect='/
/data[@lineId = $i+1]'/></th><th><xsl:value-ofselect='//data[@lineId =
$i+2]'/></th><th><xsl:value-ofselect='//data[@lineId =
$i+3]'/></th><th><xsl:value-ofselect='//data[@lineId =
$i+4]'/></th><th><xsl:value-ofselect='//data[@lineId =
$i+5]'/></th></tr><tr><td><xsl:call-templatename="diffs"><xsl:with-paramname=
"lineNumber"select="./@lineId
+6"/><xsl:with-paramname="field"select="@field"/></xsl:call-template></td></t
r></xsl:template><xsl:templatename="diffs"><xsl:paramname="lineNumber"/><xsl:
iftest="($lineNumber!=80)"><!--***This was just to get something to show up, I
need help here****--><xsl:value-ofselect='following::data[@field="diff" and
@lineId=$lineNumber]'/><xsl:call-templatename="diffs"><xsl:with-paramname="li
neNumber"select="$lineNumber +
1"/></xsl:call-template></xsl:if></</xsl:template>xsl:stylesheet>



-----
Original Message ----
From: bernie bonn <moochambo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Eric J.
Bowman <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue,
March 30, 2010 3:31:45 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] Create Table

HI Eric,  as always
thanks for your help!

I am getting so close.  What you gave me didn't
completely solve the problem, but it helped me to think what the context is,
and I did some more research to get the table looking like I wanted.  (Not
sure if it is the best way to do it, but I can worry about that later).  

So
I have my table built with all the source changes, now I want to add a row
with the 'diffs' for each change(could be 30 or more nodes).  The challenge is
after i have grabbed  the the File, version, date etc for the first row,  I
need to then somehow grab all the data nodes where @field=diff, until the next
node where @field!=diff, and place it in the next row.  Off topic, I plan on
using JavaScript to hide the diff detail unless use wants to see it.  Seems
like a while loop, but I know those don't exist.  I also am currently
experimenting with named templates, although struggling with how to set
context.  

Sorry this is so muddled, let me know if you need clarifications. 
Thanks again,

Bernie



----- Original Message ----
From: Eric J. Bowman
<eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: bernie bonn
<moochambo@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, March 27, 2010 3:22:26 AM
Subject: Re: [xsl]
Create Table

> 
> So this answer extends the example already given, by adding
the number
> () function.
>

Heh, don't listen to me, I'm still learning
myself... number() isn't 
needed here, as this works just fine:
<th><xsl:value-of select='./@lineId+1'/></th>

What I've just learned, is that
I need to take a closer look at how
XSLT processors handle typing, my answer
assumed number() was needed in
order to perform addition like you were trying,
and was thus totally 
wrong.

Anyway, I played around with it a bit more,
adding this to my <tr>
template:

<xsl:param name='x' select='./@lineId'/>
And changing the <th> two different ways, as follows:

<th><xsl:value-of
select='following-sibling::data[@lineId=$x]/@lineId'/></th>
<th><xsl:value-of
select='following-sibling::data[@lineId=$x+1]/@lineId'/></th>

The first line
results in <th/>, the second line works as expected.
The first line can be
rewritten as select='//data[@lineId=$x]/@lineId' 
and it will work as
expected.  So I suspect your problem is one of not
minding your context node,
i.e. you started with this:

<xsl:param name='x' select='./@lineId'/>

Then,
you have <xsl:value-of select='data[@lineId=$x]'/>, which can't 
work  because
you haven't selected an axis...  So it's hard to know how 
to specifically
help you here -- the 'data[@lineId=$x]' is correct, but 
only if it's preceded
by a proper axis, and followed by '/@lineId' since 
you're after attribute
content, instead of element content.

-Eric