RE: Closing and opeing tag in that order

Chandra,
Here is how I did it. I think that you could save yourself alot of
trouble by making the loose text attributes of tag1. (below)

I didn't put data3 loose in tag1, I thought this inconsistency must
be an oversight of somekind.

Sincerely,
Mike Ferrando
Washington, DC

===output:===
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

<tag1>data1</tag1>
<tag1>
   <tag2>data2</tag2>
</tag1>
<tag1>data3</tag1>
<tag1>
   <tag2>data4</tag2>
</tag1>
<tag1>
   <tag2>data5</tag2>
</tag1>


===XML:===
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

<tag1>
    data1
    <tag2>data2</tag2>
    data3
    <tag2>data4</tag2>
    <tag2>data5</tag2>
</tag1>


===XSL:===
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet   version="1.0"  
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output version="1.0" method="xml" indent="yes" encoding="utf-8"
omit-xml-declaration="no" standalone="no" media-type="text/xml"/>

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

<xsl:template match="tag1">
  <xsl:apply-templates mode="xxx"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="tag2" mode="xxx">
  <tag1>
   <tag2>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
   </tag2>
  </tag1>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text()" mode="xxx">
 <xsl:variable name="test" select="normalize-space(.)"/>
  <xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="string-length($test)&gt;1">
    <tag1>
     <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(translate(., '&#xA;',
''))"/>
    </tag1>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text()">
<xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(translate(., '&#xA;', ''))"/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

--- Chandra - <pchandramohan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>   Thanks for the quick reply. Well for the tag structure you
> mentioned
> ------
> >>If you had a document like this, what should
> the output look like?
> 
> <tag1>
>     data1
>     <tag2>data2</tag2>
>     data3
>     <tag2>data4</tag2>
>     <tag2>data5</tag2>
>   </tag1>
> -----
> the output should be
> 
> 
> <tag1>
>     data1
> </tag1><tag1>
>     <tag2>data2</tag2>
>     data3
> </tag1><tag1>
>     <tag2>data4</tag2>
> </tag1><tag1>
>     <tag2>data5</tag2>
>   </tag1>
> 
> You see the dtd states that "a <tag1> element can have a  SINGLE
> <tag2> 
> element as child provided <tag1> is IMMEDIATELY followed by <tag2>.
> 
>   The document is a valid  and well formed finally even though i
> add the 
> tags in this manner </tag1><tag1>.
>   Regrouping the elements is not feasible in my situation as
> several other 
> things would be affected. I was hence wondering whether there was
> any 
> solution. If I use <xml:output> tag to show as "text". would that
> work??
> Thanks in advance
> Regards,
> Chandra
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Passin, Tom" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE:  Closing and opeing tag in that order
> 
> [ Chandra]
>  >  I need to tansform an xml document into another xml
>  > document so that the
>  > transformed xml document conforms to a certain dtd.
>  >   In order to do that, I need to add a closing tag followed
>  > by an opening
>  > tag. For eg:
>  >
>  > The initial document:
>  > <tag1>
>  >   data1
>  >   <tag2>data2</tag2>
>  > </tag1>
>  >
>  >
>  > The transformed document must be
>  > <tag1>
>  >   data1
>  > </tag1><tag1>         <!--LINE 3-->
>  >   <tag2>data2</tag2>
>  > </tag1>
>  >
>  > So u see, I need the LINE3 to be added. The XSLT processor
>  > gives me an error
>  > when I try to do that.
> 
> Of course it gives you an error - you are trying to use
> non-well-formed
> xml in the stylesheet.  You do NOT need to add your LINE3. 
> Instead, you
> need to regroup your elements.  To do that, you need to understand
> what
> the rules for regrouping are.  You have not conveyed them clearly
> yet,
> but once you do, either you will see what to do or the we can help
> you.
> 
> For example, is each instance of a tag2 element supposed to be the
> only
> child of a tag1 element?  If you had a document like this, what
> should
> the output look like?
> 
> <tag1>
>     data1
>     <tag2>data2</tag2>
>     data3
>     <tag2>data4</tag2>
>     <tag2>data5</tag2>
>   </tag1>
> 
> Or, if you cannot have a document like this, what combinations are
> allowed in the source document?  Just get clear on what your
> transformation really has to be, and until you do that stop
> thinking
> like "adding a line".  XSLT is about changing one tree to another -
> not
> about adding lines of text or markup - and that is how you need to
> think
> about your problem.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom P
> 
>   XSL-List info and archive: 
> http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> 
> 
> _________________________________________________________________
> The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. 
>
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU=
> 
>
http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_smartspamprotection_3mf
> 
> 
>  XSL-List info and archive: 
> http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> 


__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.
http://mailplus.yahoo.com

 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list