Re: template matching problem # 18,012

Forgive me for being vague. Oftentimes I'm not transforming the XML
but rather grabbing it via the document() function (the XML I am
transforming is typically a record of client data and my templates
match those).

I have an XML file 'Definitions.xml' which I bring in via document()
and looks something like:

<root>
   <programs>
     <option>A</option>
     <option>B</option>
     <option>C</option>
   </programs>
  <people>
     <person>Dimitre</person>
     <person>Michael</person>
  </people>
  <department name="Studio">
    <subDepartment>Design</subDepartment>
    <subDepartment>Programming</subDepartment>
    <subDepartment ignore='true'>Janitorial Fun</subDepartment>
   </department>
</root>

My template with mode="select" gives me the precise output I desire,
however, a technicality I don't like here is that in order to get a
dropdown box it seems to me that I must match the parent node in order
to get a list of options of the children. Rather, I'd like to pass my
template the children nodes (because its possible to ignore my @ignore
sample element above). But when I do this I get a dropdown box for
each child.

Sample usage:

<xsl:apply-templates mode="select"
match="document('Definitions.xml')/root/department[not(subDepartment/@ignore)]"
>
   <xsl:with-param name="id" select="'subDepartments'" />
</xsl:apply-templates>

If I understand the above usage below, the subDepartment with
ignore='true' won't be excluded. Again, my template is below. The
match node is parent (programs, people, department), when I'd rather
have it be the child.

>         <xsl:template mode="select" match="node()">
>                 <xsl:param name="selected" />
>                 <xsl:param name="id" />
>                 <xsl:param name="other" />
>                 <xsl:param name="required" />
>                 <xsl:param name="otherText">Other</xsl:param>
>                 <xsl:choose>
>                         <xsl:when test="$id=''">
>                                 ERROR: No id given
>                         </xsl:when>
>                         <xsl:otherwise>
>                                 <select id="{$id}" name="{$id}">
>                                         <xsl:if test="$required='required'">
>                                                 <xsl:attribute name="required">required</xsl:attribute>
>                                         </xsl:if>
>                                         <xsl:attribute name="onChange">
>                                                 if(this.value=='i_Other'){
>                                                         new Insertion.Before(this,"<input type='text'
> id='<xsl:value-of select="$id" />' name='<xsl:value-of select="$id"
> />' />");Element.remove(this);
>                                                 }
>                                         </xsl:attribute>
>                                         <option>Select one</option>
>                                         <xsl:for-each select="../node()">
>                                                 <option>
>                                                         <xsl:if test=".=$selected">
>                                                                 <xsl:attribute name="selected">selected</xsl:attribute>
>                                                         </xsl:if>
>                                                         <xsl:attribute name="value">
>                                                                 <xsl:choose>
>                                                                         <xsl:when test="@key"><xsl:value-of select="@key" /></xsl:when>
>                                                                         <xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="." /></xsl:otherwise>
>                                                                 </xsl:choose>
>                                                         </xsl:attribute>
>                                                         <xsl:value-of select="." />
>                                                 </option>
>                                         </xsl:for-each>
>                                         <xsl:if test="$other!=''">
>                                                 <option value="i_Other"><xsl:value-of select="$otherText" /></option>
>                                         </xsl:if>
>                                 </select>
>                         </xsl:otherwise>
>                 </xsl:choose>
>         </xsl:template>


On 8/23/07, cknell@xxxxxxxxxx <cknell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Your template seems to bear little resemblance to your stated desired output. You're leaving out a lot of explanation, aren't you?
>
> If what you want is an option list control based on the example XML, then this will do it. Please explain what is missing.
> ========================
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>   <xsl:strip-space elements="*" />
>   <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" />
>
>     <xsl:template match="/">
>         <xsl:apply-templates />
>     </xsl:template>
>
>         <xsl:template match="activity">
>            <OPTGROUP>
>                       <xsl:apply-templates />
>            </OPTGROUP>
>         </xsl:template>
>
>         <xsl:template match="option">
>           <OPTION><xsl:value-of select="."/></OPTION>
>         </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> --
> Charles Knell
> cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:     Steve <subsume@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent:     Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:05:07 -0400
> To:       xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:   template matching problem # 18,012
>
> Hello there,
>
> I created a template to auto-generate html select dropdown boxes based
> on some nodes. I can't get it to work precisely how I want it to.
>
> Ideally, I'd like to:
>
> <xsl:apply-templates mode="select"
> select="document('XML.xml')/activity/option" />
>
> and have each option become an <option> in my select dropdown.
> However, as it is, instead of getting a dropdown box with 3 options
> (A, B, C below) I get 3 dropdownboxes.
>
> on the mode="select" template I tried to match both "*", "node()",
> ".", but these are off.
>
> Have I explained myself well enough?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Steve
>
> XML== Activities/XML.xml
>
> <activity>
>    <option>A</option>
>    <option>B</option>
>    <option>C</option>
> </activity>
> XSL===
>        <xsl:template match="/">
>                 <xsl:apply-templates mode="select"
> select="document('../../Activities/XML.xml')/activity/option">
>                         <xsl:with-param name="id" select="'program'" />
>                 </xsl:apply-templates>