RE: Put a wrapper around a series of elements

This is a grouping problem: unlike the usual grouping problem you are
grouping by position rather than by value, but you can use the same
techniques.

Approach 1: write a recursive template all-the-bs with the following logic:

if $nodeset[1][self::b]
   copy-of $nodeset[1]
   call all-the-bs with-param nodeset = $nodeset[position()>1]

and call it to process the full nodeset
<bset>
  call-template all-the-bs
</bset>

Approach 2: use Muenchian grouping with a key defined as
<xsl:key match="b" use="generate-id(following-sibling::c[1])">

This means all b siblings with the same following <c> will have the same key
value.

Approach 3: (Saxon only)

saxon:leading(*, saxon:expression('self::b'))

Selects all nodes in "*" up to the first one for which self::b is false.

Mike Kay
   
  

> Have
> 
> <a>
>  <b>some text</b>
>  <b>some more text</b>
>  <b>some other text</b>
>  <b>some last text</b>
> <c>some c text</c>
> </a>
> 
> Want
> 
> <a>
>  <bset>
>   <b>some text</b>
>   <b>some more text</b>
>   <b>some other text</b>
>   <b>some last text</b>
>  </bset>
> <c>some c text</c>
> </a>
> 
> I successfully tested for the first and last <b>, but
> couldn't output unmatched elements. . .
> 
> Is there a better way?
> 
> 
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