Re: [xsl] Matching elements based on element type:

["David B" <daavidb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is XSLT2.0 fully supported by any products (any free software products?)?
It feels kind of risky to use a standard that hasn't even been
finalized by the w3c yet...

Regards,
David


2006/7/17, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> You write
>
> <xsl:template match="element(*, my_type)">
>
> and use a schema-aware XSLT 2.0 processor.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David B [mailto:daavidb@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 17 July 2006 16:57
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] Matching elements based on element type:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have an xml file that looks like this:
> >
> > <top>
> >     <a>123</a>
> >     <b>456</b>
> >     <c>789</c>
> > </top>
> >
> >
> > And has a schema as follows:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";>
> >     <xs:element name="top">
> >         <xs:complexType>
> >             <xs:sequence>
> >                 <xs:element name="a" type="my_type"/>
> >                 <xs:element name="b" type="my_type"/>
> >                 <xs:element name="c" type="my_type"/>
> >             </xs:sequence>
> >         </xs:complexType>
> >     </xs:element>
> >     <xs:simpleType name="my_type">
> >         <xs:restriction base="xs:string"/>
> >     </xs:simpleType>
> > </xs:schema>
> >
> > That is, the elements a,b,c all have the type my_type but
> > have different element names.
> >
> > I want an xslt stylesheet that has a single template for all
> > elements of type my_type. Something like:
> > <xsl:template match="top">
> >     <xsl:apply-templates/>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > <xsl:template match="*[type()=my_type]">
> >      <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > Only there is no type() function in XPath....
> >
> > Is there any other way I could do this?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > David Belius