Re: template matching

On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 13:26, james walker wrote:
> if i have a note elemtn that can be placed in side many different elements 
> within an xml document e.g.
> 
> <main>
> <sub1><note></note><note></note><note></note></sub1>
> <sub2></sub2>
> <sub3><note></note></sub3>
> <sub4><note></note><note></note><note></note><note></note></sub4>
> <sub5></sub5>
> </main>
> 
> If i wanted to produce a list of notes when the note element appears 

<xsl:template match="//note">
  <li>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </li>
</xsl:template>

That will reproduce all <note> elements no matter where
they are in the document. 

If you want to restrict it to notes within those three
parents only, use match="//note[parent::sub1 or
parent::sub2 or parent::sub3]".

If they have some hierarchical meaning where they are, use
something like this to divide them:

<xsl:template match="//note">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="parent::sub1">
      <li>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
      </li>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:when test="parent::sub2">
      <li>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
      </li>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:when test="parent::sub2">
      <li>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
      </li>
    </xsl:when>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

///Peter




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