Re: something like merge subparts of a branche

hi wendell

thanks very much for your help. it makes me feel good if you say it's a
tough one. i tried so long and felt quit stupid:-)
cheers
simon

> Simon,
> 
> Your problem is a tough one; for whatever reason (it'd be interesting to 
> know) it's lately been coming up with increasing frequency. It was even 
> discussed on the list not long ago -- see
> 
> http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200504/msg00620.html
> 
> and the cascade of messages following.
> 
> The short version: you have a range of options, including a couple of 
> techniques (key-driven grouping by proximity; "tree walking") that are more 
> complex than most standard techniques in XSLT 1.0, as well as the 
> widely-disparaged "tag writing" solution. Alternatively, you might also be 
> able to design around this requirement (XSLT 1.0 was designed for more 
> straightforward "down-conversions") either by changing the design of your 
> source or your target. And finally, XSLT 2.0 presents better options for 
> handling this kind of thing....
> 
> If I had to solve this in XSLT 1.0 I'd probably use the "tree-walking" 
> technique but I might opt to group by proximity using keys.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> Wendell
> 
> At 05:25 AM 4/26/2005, you wrote:
> >hi list
> >
> >i'm pretty new to xsl and try to solve a problem that goes over my
> >abilities. but maybe somebody can help me.
> >i'm working with apache-lenya.
> >the problem is like this.
> >i have a source tree like this.
> >
> ><p>
> >    <a href="http://www.hello.ch/" title="">
> >      minus eins und null
> >    </a>
> >    <object data="important.gif" href="" title="important"
> >type="image/gif">erstes</object>
> >    <a href="http://www.hello.ch/" title="">
> >      eins zwei
> >    </a>
> >    drei und noch was
> >    <object data="important.gif" href="" title="important"
> >type="">zweites</object>
> >    vier und noch mehr
> >    <a href="http://www.hello.ch/" title="">
> >      fuenf sechs
> >    </a>
> ></p>
> >
> >and the result should be like this:
> >
> ><p>
> >    <a href="http://www.hello.ch/" title="">
> >      minus eins und null
> >    </a>
> ></p>
> ><p>
> >    <object data="important.gif" href="" title="important"
> >type="image/gif">erstes</object>
> ></p>
> ><p>
> >    <a href="http://www.hello.ch/" title="">
> >      eins zwei
> >    </a>
> >    drei und noch was
> ></p>
> ><p>
> >    <object data="important.gif" href="" title="important"
> >type="">zweites</object>
> ></p>
> ><p>
> >    vier und noch mehr
> >    <a href="http://www.hello.ch/" title="">
> >      fuenf sechs
> >    </a>
> ></p>
> >
> >at the moment my xsl looks like that.
> >
> >   <xsl:template match="xhtml:p[xhtml:object]" priority="3">
> >
> >     <xsl:choose>
> >       <xsl:when test="node()[not(self::xhtml:object) and
> >normalize-space() != '']">
> >
> >         <xsl:for-each select="node()">
> >           <xsl:choose>
> >             <xsl:when test="self::xhtml:object">
> >
> >               <xsl:apply-templates
> >select="self::xhtml:object"></xsl:apply-templates>
> >
> >             </xsl:when>
> >             <xsl:otherwise>
> >             <p>
> >               <xsl:apply-templates select="."></xsl:apply-templates>
> >             </p>
> >             </xsl:otherwise>
> >           </xsl:choose>
> >         </xsl:for-each>
> >
> >       </xsl:when>
> >       <xsl:otherwise>
> >
> >         <xsl:apply-templates select="xhtml:object"/>
> >
> >       </xsl:otherwise>
> >     </xsl:choose>
> >
> >   </xsl:template>
> >
> >
> >but it's certainly not like that. i do not know how to merge the all
> >siblings befor an xhtml:object under a paragraf but not the
> >xhtml:object. and then merge again the nodes between the xhtml:object
> >and so on.
> >
> >i tried different ways.
> >for example a for-each for each xhtml:object and then get the siblings
> >around xhtml:object with preceding-sibling/following-sibling. the
> >problem with this aproach is that if there ar several xhtml:object in
> >the paragraph i don't know how to limit the following-sibling just to
> >the next xhtml:object.
> >
> >i'm not sure my explanation is good enough.
> >anyway thanks for any help.
> >simon
> 
> 
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