Re: [xsl] Moving an element to a new location in the Result-tree

["Christopher R. Maden" <crism@xxxxxxxxx>]

Contra Jim Graves writes:
> What is the recommended method to move an element to a Result-tree
> location that will be created, yet has not yet been created, (using
> copy, & copy-of)? Common sense would indicate that I need to run a
> second XSLT transform -- once the first version of the tree has been
> created -- or is there a better way, such as building the tree's
> elements first, then populating them with data, in a following template
> in the first and only transform? Since I usually build the element and
> populate it then too, when I'm there, I think I'll need a second XSLT.

I think you may be falling prey to the same procedural trap discussed
earlier today on this list.

If I have this input tree:

<document>
  <a/>
  <b/>
</document>

and I want to put a inside of b, I can do this:

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="a"/>

<xsl:template match="b">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="../a" mode="inside"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="a" mode="inside">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

which results in:

<document>
  <b><a/></b>
</document>

~Chris
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