Re: Assigning unique id to new node using generate-id(

I'd like this stylesheet to copy all existing credential nodes and create a new
node assigning a unique id

with generate-id().

It appears as if the generate-id
call doesn't observe existing id's in the current/copied credential nodes. So I
end up with duplicate (illegal) id's. I've tried passing several context nodes
to the generate-id() function, but with no luck.

Sample XSL:
<xsl:template match="/profile">
<profile>
<xsl:for-each select="credential">
<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:for-each>
<credential>
<xsl:attribute name="id">
<xsl:value-of select="generate-id()"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<username><xsl:value-of select="$username"/></username>
<password><xsl:value-of select="$password"/></password>
<description><xsl:value-of select="$description"/></description>
<lastModified><xsl:value-of
select="java:getCurrentDateTimeGMT($dateHelper)"/></lastModified>
</credential>
</profile>
</xsl:template>

My current workaround is to transform twice.  The first transformation appends
the new credential node.  The second transformation assigns an id (using
generate-id()) to any credential nodes without an id (probably only newly
created).  Seems like I should be able to do it all in one transform.

Cheers,
Wendell

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