Re: Mapping node references in/out of DOM?

Hi Jeff,

I guess that using the string produced by generate-id() will be OK.

In case that on different invocations the XSLT processor produces
different values for generate-id(theSameNode) (which I think is very
unlikely), then you could use something else that is unique and will be
invariant accross invocations of the XSLT processor -- e.g. the XPath
expression locating exactly this single node in the xml document.

Cheers,
Dimitre.

Jeff Saylor wrote:
Everyone,

I'm looking at presenting an arbitrary XML Hierarchy to a user in a UI
where
they will select an element from it.  I am looking for ideas on how to
map
the UI elements back to DOM elements.

In other words - output the DOM to a UI with some sort of mapping so
that
when the user visually selects an element in the UI, I can easily
locate the
selected element in the DOM.  The obvious answer is to pre-populate all
the
DOM elements with unique keys, but this will prove difficult in my
situation
- instead, I need something I can do at runtime...

Ideas, comments, and suggestions are greatly appreciated in advance!

Most Sincerely,

 

Cheers, 

	  
Jeffrey J. Saylor 
Senior Internet Developer 
Wizard Finance Systems 
707 Mendham Blvd., Suite 104 
Orlando, FL 32825 
Phone: (407) 262-9000 Ext 266 
Fax: (407) 262-9010 
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