Re: [xsl] looping problem, <xsl: for-each>??

Subject: Re: [xsl] looping problem, <xsl: for-each>??
From: Mukul Gandhi <mukulgw3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:36:04 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Wendell,
  Thanks for the suggestions.. I would try them. 

Regards,
Mukul


--- Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mukul,
> 
> Nice job with this.
> 
> At 01:05 PM 10/9/2003, you wrote:
> >I applied your suggestion to store an intermediate
> >tree fragment in a variable, and then converting
> the
> >variable into a nodeset. By iterating the nodeset,
> I
> >am able to generate numbers 1,2,3,4..
> >
> >The XSL is --
> >
> ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> ><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> >xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> >xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan";>
> ><xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0"
> >encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
> >
> ><xsl:key name="x" match="/rss/channel/item"
> >use="category"/>
> ><xsl:template match="/">
> >   <xsl:variable name="treeFrag">
> >     <rootelem>
> >       <xsl:for-each select="rss/channel/item">
> >         <xsl:if test="generate-id(.) =
> generate-id(key('x',
> >category)[1])">
> >           <h1>                                    
>          <xsl:value-of 
> > select="category"/>
> >           </h1>
> >           <xsl:for-each select="key('x',
> category)">
> >             <desc>
> >               <xsl:value-of select="description"/>
> >             </desc>
> >           </xsl:for-each>
> >         </xsl:if>
> >       </xsl:for-each>
> >     </rootelem>
> >   </xsl:variable>
> >
> >   <xsl:for-each
> >select="xalan:nodeset($treeFrag)/rootelem/desc">
> >     <xsl:if test="name(preceding-sibling::*[1]) =
> >'h1'">
> >       <h1>
> >         <xsl:value-of
> select="preceding-sibling::*[1]" />
> >       </h1>
> >     </xsl:if>
> >     ITEM<xsl:value-of select="position()"/>
> ><xsl:value-of select="."/>
> >   </xsl:for-each>
> ></xsl:template>
> >
> ></xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> >In the above solution, though numbers are getting
> >generated properly, but to output <h1> tags at the
> >right place, I had to write a slightly complex
> syntax
> >* xsl:if test="name(preceding-sibling::*[1]) =
> 'h1'" *
> 
> Yes. This could be improved by using plain old
> templates to process this 
> stuff, as in:
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
>    <xsl:variable name="treeFrag"> [construct as you
> have 
> it...]  </xsl:variable>
> 
>    <xsl:apply-templates
>      select="xalan:nodeset($treeFrag)/rootelem"
> mode="treefrag">
>    </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="item" mode="treefrag">
>    ITEM<xsl:number level="any"/> <!-- I changed it
> to xsl:number: more 
> dependable -->
>    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="h1" mode="treefrag">
>    <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> This can also be generalized further to handle a
> greater range of input 
> structures.
> 
> I still think an XPath-based counting solution may
> be possible here, but 
> it's highly dependent on the structure of the input
> (and hence, rather more 
> brittle), and in the meantime I think I lost the
> input sample (it's around 
> here somewhere).
> 
> Cheers,
> Wendell
> 
> 
>
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