RE: Tag's depending on cousin element

Hi,

> First, I don't know if the test will function at all since 
> they are empty 
> elements.

They do. See <http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Conditional-Processing-with-xsl:choose> and <http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#section-Boolean-Functions>.

> If they work, how would I (in future) be able to test if the 
> element is 
> empty?

Try to select it's children. "foo/node()" for any child, "foo/*" for elements children, and so forth.

> Second, I don't like my solution at all. It is not verey 
> generic, and for 
> each new state introduced (I have no control over this), my 
> "state" template 
> doubles in size.
> 
> Is there some smarter way of doing this?
> A more elaborate answer than "yes" or "no" will be appreciated :)

For example

  <xsl:template match="lv">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="state/*">
          <xsl:apply-templates select="state/*[1]" mode="x"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise>
          <xsl:value-of select="declaration"/>
        </xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="*" mode="x">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="following-sibling::*">
          <xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::*[1]" mode="x"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise>
          <xsl:value-of select="../../declaration"/>
        </xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

or

  <xsl:template match="lv">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="(state/* | declaration)[1]" mode="x"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="*" mode="x">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="following::*[1]" mode="x"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="declaration" mode="x">
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </xsl:template>

Cheers,

Jarno - C-Drone Defect: Psycho2vii


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