Re: [xsl] Way to print the current context?

["Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1. The standard XPath 3 function fn:path

2. This XSLT transformation I wrote years ago:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4746299/generate-get-xpath-from-xml-in-ja
va/4747858#4747858

Thanks,
Dimitre.

On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 3:40b/PM dvint@xxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> oXygen provides a nice utility where you place your cuursor on an
> element and it will give you an xpath to that element.
>
> /fn:map/fn:array[1]/fn:map[2]/fn:array[1]/fn:map[1]/fn:map[2]/fn:string[2]
>
> It doesn't give you any of the attribute values that are on the various
> elements for selecting, but it does give you a good underztanding of
> where you are on the tree.
>
> I have this function where I pass the current context to look up a value
> based upon which element I'm in.
>
> <xsl:function name="ping:find_description_filepath">
>    <xsl:param name="CONTEXT"/>
>    <xsl:choose>
>         <xsl:when test="$CONTEXT/j:string[@key='description']">
>             <xsl:value-of
> select="$CONTEXT/j:string[@key='description']"/>
>         </xsl:when>
>         <xsl:when
>
>
test="$CONTEXT/j:array[@key='item']/j:map[1]/j:map[@key='request']/j:string[@
key='description']">
>             <xsl:value-of
>
>
select="$CONTEXT/j:array[@key='item']/j:map[1]/j:map[@key='request']/j:string
[@key='description']"/>
>         </xsl:when>
>         <xsl:otherwise>
>           <xsl:message>ERROR: find_description_filepath() didn't resolve
> "<xsl:value-of select="$CONTEXT/j:string[@key='name']"/>"</xsl:message>
>        </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:function>
>
> In the error message I have giveen another value to help locate the
> issue, but I'd rather get something like the oXygen output as something
> is going wrong. I've tested my xpath in the Xpath editor and it does
> match content properly for some of the thing's I've tested, but it isn't
> working when I run it from the stylesheet.
>
> ..dan