Re: [xsl] Moving elements during identity transformation

[Martynas Jusevicius <martynas.jusevicius@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's'exactly how I solved it :)

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Praveen Chauhan
<praveen.chauhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Martynas,
>
> You can update your xslt with below code
>
>
>      <xsl:template match="Index">
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="//ToC" mode="disp"/>
>
>      <xsl:copy>
>         <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
>      </xsl:copy>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template match="ToC"/>
>
>   <xsl:template match="ToC" mode="disp">
>         <xsl:apply-templates/>
>   </xsl:template>
>
> Please let me know if its not fulfills your requirements.
>
> Thanks
> Praveen Chauhan
> Aptara (India)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martynas Jusevicius [mailto:martynas.jusevicius@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:20 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Moving elements during identity transformation
>
> Hey list,
>
> I'm doing an identity transformation which cleans up, filters and moves
> around elements from my source document.
>
> Let's say there is <ToC> anywhere in the document, and from there it has to
> be moved directly *before* <Index> element, wherever that one is.
>
> What I'm doing is this:
>
>        <xsl:template match="Index">
>                <xsl:apply-templates select="/ToC"/> <!-- lets just say this
> selects ToC -->
>                <xsl:copy>
>                    <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
>                </xsl:copy>
>        </xsl:template>
>
> So the <ToC> is now at its new location, but the old one has still to be
> removed:
>
>        <xsl:template match="ToC"/>
>
> Now the problem is, this will also remove the new <ToC>. Since this is a
> identity transformation, I don't want to use <xsl:copy-of>, as some of the
> <ToC> descendants might also need processing.
>
> What do you do in such situation?
> The only thing I can think of is introducing some parameter like $keep in
> the <ToC> template and then pass it from the <Index> template to
> differentiate between the two cases.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martynas
> semantic-web.dk