Re: Hash-Table in xsl?

The output html has not come out in the way i wanted it to.

Output required is :
-------------------

<table>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Company1</td>
<td>Company2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Commodity1</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Commodity2</td>
<td></td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Commodity3</td>
<td>13</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>



----- Original Message -----
From: "Pankaj Shinde" <shinde_pankaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:56 PM
Subject:  Hash-Table in xsl?


> Hi,
>
> Can one create a hash table some how in xsl?
>
> My input xml :
> --------------
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <wrapper>
>  <data>
>   <company>company1</company>
>   <commodity>commodity1</commodity>
>   <units>11</units>
>  </data>
>  <data>
>   <company>company2</company>
>   <commodity>commodity2</commodity>
>   <units>22</units>
>  </data>
>  <data>
>   <company>company1</company>
>   <commodity>commodity3</commodity>
>   <units>13</units>
>  </data>
>  <data>
>   <company>company2</company>
>   <commodity>commodity1</commodity>
>   <units>21</units>
>  </data>
> </wrapper>
>
> My output html :
> ----------------
>
>
>      Company1
>      Company2
>
>       Commodity1
>      11
>      21
>
>       Commodity2
>
>      22
>
>       Commodity3
>      13
>
>
>
>
>
>
> My Logic :
> ----------
>
> for each data node
>  if value of company has not been seen earlier
>   create new column with value of company as heading for that column
>   if value of commodity has not been seen earlier
>    create new row with value of commodity as heading for that row
>    put value of commodity in correct place.
>  else
>   if value of commodity has not been seen earlier
>    create new row with value of commodity as heading for that row
>    put value of commodity in correct place.
>
> Problem :
> ---------
> 1. I can use preceding-sibling for checking whether "value of company is
> new" or "value of commodity is new". But this
> screws up performance for large xmls.
> 2. I can use java.util.Hashtable from within my xsl. How will this affect
my
> performance.
> 3. Can Meunchian be modified for this problem?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> regards,
> <panx/>
>
>
>
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