RE: [xsl] grouping nesting items, including following items

[Don Smith <dtsmithisogen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

Thanks. I won't have time to look at this until
tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to put it all together
then.

Don
--- Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A tricky one, it has come up before but I don't
> think it will be easy to
> find the thread. On that occasion I think the break
> was indicated by a
> <newpage/> element that could appear at any depth,
> but the principle is the
> same.
> 
> I think the basic approach is this. When processing
> a <point> that contains
> a descendant <newpage/>, you need to split it into
> two <point> elements, the
> first containing everything before the <newpage/>,
> the second containing
> everything after. And it also applies recursively,
> of course, to the
> children. So it's something like this:
> 
> <xsl:template match="point">
>   <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="point[descendant::newpage]">
>   <xsl:variable name="this" select="."/>
>   <xsl:variable name="np"
> select="descendant::newpage[1]"/>
>   <point id="{@id}" part="1">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="child::node()[. <<
> $np or (. intersect
> $np/ancestor::node())]"/>
>   </point>
>   <newpage/>
>   <xsl:variable name="remainder as="element(point)">
>     <point id="{@id}" part="{1+position()}">
>       <xsl:copy-of select="$this/child::node()[. >>
> $np or (. intersect
> $np/ancestor::node())]"/>
>     </point>
>   </xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="$remainder"/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> This basically creates a structure in which the
> <newpage/> elements are
> propogated to the top level, and every ancestor of a
> <newpage/> element is
> duplicated either side of this element, but with
> unsplit <point> elements
> appearing one side or the other. You've then got a
> simpler second stage of
> processing in which the pages are identified at the
> top level (quite
> possibly you can do this in the same pass but I
> think it's useful to get the
> basic splitting logic right first).
> 
> I've used some 2.0 constructs here (and for clarity
> I've used the << and >>
> operators without escaping) but they can probably
> all be translated into 1.0
> equivalents with a bit of ingenuity and verbosity.
> 
> You can probably substitute point[newSlide='true']
> for my <newpage/>
> elements, it will add a little bit of extra
> complexity. I'd suggest getting
> this working on a simplified version of the problem
> first and when you've
> got something that works, extend it to handle the
> real problem.
> 
> This is untested and almost certainly contains bugs,
> but I hope the general
> idea comes across.
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/ 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don Smith [mailto:dtsmithisogen@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 19 June 2007 08:48
> > To: XSLT
> > Subject: [xsl] grouping nesting items, including
> following items
> > 
> > I can't quite figure out how to group nested items
> and also 
> > pick up items on the following axis for a given
> group. Here's 
> > a sample source:
> > 
> > <slide title="Introduction" id="x1">
> >  <point id="x2" >
> >   <text>First point</text>
> >   <subpoints id="x3">
> >    <point id="x3a">
> >     <text>First point, subpoint 1</text>
> >    </point>
> >    <point id="x3b">
> >     <text>First point, subpoint 2</text>
> >    </point>
> >    <point id="x3c">
> >     <text>First point, subpoint 3</text>
> >     <subpoints id="x3c1">
> >      <point id="x3c1a" newSlide="true" 
> title="Intro (cont.)">
> >       <text>First point, subpoint 3, sub-subpoint
> 1 on new 
> > slide</text>
> >      </point>
> >      <point id="x3c1b">
> >       <text>First point 4, subpoint 3,
> sub-subpoint 2 on new 
> > slide</text>
> >      </point>   
> >     </subpoints>
> >    </point>
> >    <point id="x4d">
> >     <text>First point, subpoint 4 on new
> slide</text>
> >    </point>
> >   </subpoints>
> >  </point>
> >  <point id="x5" >
> >   <text>Second point, on new slide</text> 
> </point> </slide>
> > 
> > Note the attribute "newSlide" on <point
> id="x3c1a">: I need 
> > this element, all its descendants (if any), and
> everything 
> > that follows, to be in a different group than
> everything that 
> > comes before. Ideally, this would mean each group
> is placed 
> > in its own document using <xsl:result-document>.
> > 
> > This is just one example, but "newSlide='true'"
> can occur on 
> > any <point> or even any <subpoints>.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Don
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
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