Re: [xsl] XTTE1100: A sequence of more than one item is not allowed as the @group-adjacent attribute

Subject: Re: [xsl] XTTE1100: A sequence of more than one item is not allowed as the @group-adjacent attribute
From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:42:11 -0700
serialize() is an XPath 3.0 function:

http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-30/#func-serialize

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It has since occurred that the client will probably live with
> discrepancy of the initial version. Nonetheless I am trying to look up
> serialize. It's not an XPath 2 function is it?
>
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yes, this should work:
>>
>>     group-adjacent="*/serialize(.)"
>>
>> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> It seems to me that something like this might be useful:
>>>
>>> group-adjacent="my:deepEqualAdjacent(*)"
>>>
>>>
>>> of course this only conveys the idea -- it is obvious that this isn't precise.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 8:08 PM, G. Ken Holman
>>> <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> At 2013-05-12 20:00 -0700, Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>      select="*" group-adjacent="string-join(descendent::*/local-name(),'
>>>>> ')"
>>>>>
>>>>> this treats the following two fragments as belonging to the same
>>>>> group, and I believe Ihe doesn't want this:
>>>>>
>>>>>  <B>
>>>>>      <C/>
>>>>>      <D/>
>>>>>   </B>
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>>  <B>
>>>>>      <C>
>>>>>        <D>
>>>>>     </C>
>>>>>   </B>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well spotted, Dmitre.
>>>>
>>>> How about something like the following to make the distinction, using a
>>>> simple non-name character to attach the depth to the name?
>>>>
>>>>   group-adjacent="string-join(descendent::*/
>>>>                              concat(local-name(),'$',count(ancestor::*)))"
>>>>
>>>> (untested)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> . . . . . . . . Ken
>



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