Re: [xsl] building path expressions around dynamic element node names

[Rahil <qamar_rahil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I read in one of the earlier discussions that having a dynamically named 
element isnt good practice. But does it really matter if the input xml 
file has only been generated as an intermediary and the structure will 
not be used for the final output?

Also, I wanted to know how to access <Dynamic1> when the control is 
inside B/Class ? I tried a few combinations path expressions but none of 
them looked right.

Im attaching my sample input xml file once again for ease.

<Top>
  <Dynamic1>
        <A>
              <Class id="123">Dynamic1</Class>
       </A>
        <B>
              <Class id="897">Not Present</Class>
        </B>
  </Dynamic1>
  <Dynamic2>
        <A>
              <Class id="567">Dynamic2</Class>
       </A>
        <B>
              <Class id="908">Car</Class>
        </B>
  </Dynamic2>
</Top>

Regards
Rahil



David Carlisle wrote:

>   Thus if you want to check if the context
>   node is 'Dynamic1' you can use
>  <xsl:if test="name(.) = 'Dynamic1' ">
>
> It's usually better to use
> <xsl:if test="self::Dynamic1">
> especially if namespaces are involved.
>
> David
>
>
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