Re: Retrieving Full XPATH expression

An easier way to do what I think you are trying to do is:


<xsl:template match="folder" mode="current-path-builder">

      <xsl:apply-templates select="parent::folder"
mode="current-path-builder"/>
      <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
      <xsl:text>/</xsl:text>

</xsl:template>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Landon" <toml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: RE:  Retrieving Full XPATH expression


> This is not exactly what you need, but it might be a good starting point:
>
> <!--
>
***************************************************************************
> Template
>     path
>
> Description
>     Converts a node to an XPath-like expression suitable for error
messages.
>
> Parameters
>     node - Node to trace.  Default value is ".".
>
****************************************************************************
>  -->
> <xsl:template name="path">
>     <xsl:param name="node" select="."/>
>
>     <!-- Process ancestors first -->
>     <xsl:if test="$node">
>         <xsl:call-template name="path">
>             <xsl:with-param name="node" select="$node/.."/>
>         </xsl:call-template>
>     </xsl:if>
>
>     <!-- Process this node next -->
>     <xsl:choose>
>         <!-- No node.  Either the original node was empty, or we have
> recursed
>         past the root. -->
>         <xsl:when test="not($node)"/>
>
>         <!-- Root node -->
>         <xsl:when test="not($node/..)">
>             <xsl:text>/</xsl:text>
>         </xsl:when>
>
>         <!-- Attribute node (test if node is in set of parent's
> attributes) -->
>         <xsl:when test="$node = $node/../@*">
>             <!-- Do not output the 'name' predicate; the element has
output
> it -->
>             <xsl:if test="name($node) != 'name'">
>                 <!-- Output the attribute's value as a predicate as an
>                 additional hint as to which element we are referencing -->
>                 <xsl:text/>[@<xsl:value-of
> select="name($node)"/>="<xsl:text/>
>                 <xsl:value-of select="$node"/>"]<xsl:text/>
>             </xsl:if>
>
>             <!-- Output the name of the element -->
>             <xsl:text/>/@<xsl:value-of select="name($node)"/>
>         </xsl:when>
>
>         <!-- Some other node (with an optional 'name' attribute) -->
>         <xsl:otherwise>
>             <!-- Do not output a second / immediately after the root / -->
>             <xsl:if test="$node/../.."> <!-- "if not a child of the
> root" -->
>                 <xsl:text>/</xsl:text>
>             </xsl:if>
>
>             <!-- Output the name of the element -->
>             <xsl:value-of select="name($node)"/>
>
>             <!-- Add a 'name' predicate if present as an additional hint
as
> to
>             which element we are referencing -->
>             <xsl:if test="$node/@name">
>                 <xsl:text/>[@name="<xsl:value-of
> select="$node/@name"/>"]<xsl:text/>
>             </xsl:if>
>         </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of john smith
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 11:17 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Retrieving Full XPATH expression
>
>
> Given:
>
> <A>
>   <B>
>     <C>
>       <D id="007">
>         <E>val1</E>
>       </D>
>       <D id="008">
>         <E>val2</E>
>       </D>
>     <C>
>   </B>
> </A>
>
> How do I get the full Xpath for each node..For example, if the
> context node is <E> (with value "val1"), I want to get its full xpath
> as A/B/C/D[1]/E[1] and for the second occurrence of <E> (with value
"val2"),
> I want to get its full xpath as A/B/C/D[2]/E[2].
>
> Thanks a lot for the help.
>
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