RE: identifying elements by contents of an attribute

Hi,

> I believe this is very easy, but I just can't figure out how to do it.
> I need to identify elements according to the value of a 
> specific attribute.
> 
> The XML document looks like this:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <INPUT>
> 
> 	<VERSION Type="Key"> 1.0 </VERSION>
> 
>     <HEADER Type="Block">
> 		<DATE Type="Key"> 06.03.2003 </DATE>
> 		<USER Type="Key"> D. Brauer </USER>
> 	</HEADER>
> 
> </INPUT>
> 
> For different values of the attribute "Type"  (i.e. "Block", "Key")
> differnet templates should be applied. These have to access 
> the name and
> contents of the matched element respectively.
> Can anybody give me a hint on this?

<http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt> and <http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath> most probably can. Anyhow, I didn't quite get what you were after, but just write templates with predicates

<xsl:template match="*[@Type = 'Key']">
  <xsl:value-of select="name()" />: <xsl:value-of select="." />
  ...
<xsl:template match="*[@Type = 'Block']">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="*" />
  ...

An so forth.

Cheers,

Jarno - Skinny Puppy: VX Gas Attack

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