RE: sorting (again)

Hey Davis,

The reason that your first try isn't working is because <xsl:sort
select="DictionaryModelDescriptor"/> looks down the child:: axis for an
element named "DictionaryModelDescriptor", when you actually want it to
look down the self:: axis for that element. I think any of the following
would work (you'll have to try them out):

<xsl:sort select="self::DictionaryModelDescriptor"/>
<xsl:sort select="- number(name() = 'DictionaryModelDescriptor')"/>
<xsl:sort select="- boolean(self::DictionaryModelDescriptor)"/>

The unary negop is there to avoid specifying order="descending"; I'm not
quite sure if the last two would need data-type="number" or not. There
may be other shortcuts that work more concisely, and these may need some
tweaking to work just right. Be sure to let us know what worked the best
in the end, ok?

~ Scott


-----Original Message-----
From: Davis Ford [mailto:davisford@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:10 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  sorting (again)

Hi, one more sorting question.

Given the XML pasted below...I'm using the following transform to sort
it canonically.  However, I need the "DictionaryModelDescriptor" node
to always be the first node, and then the rest are sorted canonically.
 I tried this, but it does not do what I want.

  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
      <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()">
          <xsl:sort select="DictionaryModelDescriptor"/>
          <xsl:sort select="@typeName"/>
          <xsl:sort select="name(.)"/>
          <xsl:sort />
        </xsl:apply-templates>
      </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

This one puts it at the top, but now I have a duplicate in the middle

  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
      <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="DictionaryModelDescriptor"/>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()">
        <xsl:sort select="@typeName"/>
        <xsl:sort select="name(.)"/>
        <xsl:sort />
      </xsl:apply-templates>
      </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
How can I "move" the DictionaryModelDescriptor node to the top after
sorting?

Thanks in advance,
Davis

XML ->

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DictionaryModel>
    <DictionaryModelDescriptor about="modelName1/modelVersion1">
        <modelName>modelName1</modelName>
        <modelVersion>modelVersion1</modelVersion>
    </DictionaryModelDescriptor>
    <DictionaryParts>
        <DictionaryPart abstract="false" typeName="part.full1">
            <children/>
            <parents/>
            <DictionaryProperties/>
            <feature>feature.empty3</feature>
            <maxCardinality>2</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>1</minCardinality>
            <parentComposition>feature.empty2</parentComposition>
            <role>role</role>
            <sequence>1</sequence>
        </DictionaryPart>
        <DictionaryPart abstract="false" typeName="part.full5">
            <children/>
            <parents/>
            <DictionaryProperties/>
            <feature>feature.empty13</feature>
            <maxCardinality>2</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>1</minCardinality>
            <parentComposition>feature.empty12</parentComposition>
            <role>role</role>
            <sequence>1</sequence>
        </DictionaryPart>
    </DictionaryParts>
    <DictionaryAssociations>
        <DictionaryAssociation abstract="false"
typeName="association.empty1">
            <children/>
            <parents/>
            <DictionaryProperties/>
        </DictionaryAssociation>
        <DictionaryAssociation
compositionType="BIDIRECTIONAL_ASSOCIATION" abstract="false"
typeName="association.full2">
            <children/>
            <parents/>
            <DictionaryProperties>

<DictionaryProperty>simple.property.empty4</DictionaryProperty>

<DictionaryProperty>composite.property.empty4</DictionaryProperty>
            </DictionaryProperties>
            <sourcePart>part.full2</sourcePart>
            <targetPart>part.full3</targetPart>
            <resolverStrategy>resolver.strategy</resolverStrategy>
        </DictionaryAssociation>
    </DictionaryAssociations>
    <DictionaryFeatures>
        <DictionaryFeature composite="false" abstract="false"
typeName="feature.empty1">
            <children/>
            <parents/>
            <DictionaryProperties/>
            <associations/>
            <parentComposites/>
            <parts/>
        </DictionaryFeature>
        <DictionaryFeature composite="true" compositionType="SEQUENCE"
abstract="true" typeName="feature.full8">
            <children>
                <child>feature.empty9</child>
            </children>
            <parents/>
            <DictionaryProperties>

<DictionaryProperty>composite.property.empty5</DictionaryProperty>

<DictionaryProperty>simple.property.empty5</DictionaryProperty>
            </DictionaryProperties>
            <associations>
                <association>association.empty3</association>
                <association>association.empty4</association>
            </associations>
            <parentComposites>
                <parentComposite>feature.empty10</parentComposite>
            </parentComposites>
            <parts>
                <part>part.empty4</part>
            </parts>
            <code>code</code>
        </DictionaryFeature>
    </DictionaryFeatures>
    <DictionaryPropertyNodes>
        <DictionaryPropertyNode abstract="false"
typeName="property.node.empty1">
            <children/>
            <parents/>
            <DictionaryProperties/>
        </DictionaryPropertyNode>
        <DictionaryPropertyNode abstract="false"
typeName="property.node.full3">
            <children>
                <child>property.node.empty4</child>
            </children>
            <parents>
                <parent>property.node.empty5</parent>
            </parents>
            <DictionaryProperties>

<DictionaryProperty>composite.property.empty11</DictionaryProperty>

<DictionaryProperty>simple.property.empty8</DictionaryProperty>
            </DictionaryProperties>
        </DictionaryPropertyNode>
    </DictionaryPropertyNodes>
    <DictionaryProperties>
        <DictionaryProperty
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="CompositeDictionaryProperty" propertyType="COMPOSITE_ROOT"
inherited="false" typeName="composite.property.empty1">
            <maxCardinality>2147483647</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>-2147483648</minCardinality>
            <children/>
        </DictionaryProperty>
        <DictionaryProperty
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="CompositeDictionaryProperty" propertyType="COMPOSITE_ROOT"
inherited="false" typeName="composite.property.empty2">
            <maxCardinality>2147483647</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>-2147483648</minCardinality>
            <children/>
        </DictionaryProperty>
        <DictionaryProperty
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="CompositeDictionaryProperty" propertyType="COMPOSITE_ROOT"
inherited="false" typeName="composite.property.empty3">
            <maxCardinality>2147483647</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>-2147483648</minCardinality>
            <children/>
        </DictionaryProperty>
        <DictionaryProperty
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="CompositeDictionaryProperty" propertyType="COMPOSITE_CHILD"
inherited="true" typeName="composite.property.full6">
            <code>code</code>
            <maxCardinality>3</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>2</minCardinality>
            <parentObject>feature.empty14</parentObject>
            <parentProperty>composite.property.empty8</parentProperty>
            <rootProperty>composite.property.empty7</rootProperty>
            <children>
                <child>simple.property.empty6</child>
            </children>
            <propertyNode>property.node.empty2</propertyNode>
        </DictionaryProperty>
        <DictionaryProperty
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="SimpleDictionaryProperty" propertyType="SIMPLE_ROOT"
inherited="false" typeName="simple.property.empty1">
            <maxCardinality>2147483647</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>-2147483648</minCardinality>
        </DictionaryProperty>
        <DictionaryProperty
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="SimpleDictionaryProperty" propertyType="SIMPLE_ROOT"
inherited="false" typeName="simple.property.empty2">
            <maxCardinality>2147483647</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>-2147483648</minCardinality>
        </DictionaryProperty>
        <DictionaryProperty
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="SimpleDictionaryProperty" propertyType="SIMPLE_ROOT"
inherited="false" typeName="simple.property.empty3">
            <maxCardinality>2147483647</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>-2147483648</minCardinality>
        </DictionaryProperty>
        <DictionaryProperty
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="SimpleDictionaryProperty" propertyType="SIMPLE_CHILD"
inherited="true" typeName="simple.property.full7">
            <code>code</code>
            <maxCardinality>2</maxCardinality>
            <minCardinality>1</minCardinality>
            <parentObject>feature.empty16</parentObject>
            <parentProperty>composite.property.empty9</parentProperty>
            <rootProperty>composite.property.empty10</rootProperty>
            <defaultValue>default-value</defaultValue>

<dictionaryFeatureRange>feature.range2</dictionaryFeatureRange>
            <referentFeature>feature.empty17</referentFeature>
            <dictionaryValueRange>value.range1</dictionaryValueRange>
            <valueTypeName>value-type-name</valueTypeName>
        </DictionaryProperty>
    </DictionaryProperties>
    <DictionaryFeatureRanges>
        <DictionaryFeatureRange typeName="feature.range1">
            <DictionaryFeatures>
                <DictionaryFeature>feature.empty11</DictionaryFeature>
            </DictionaryFeatures>
        </DictionaryFeatureRange>
    </DictionaryFeatureRanges>
    <DictionaryValueRanges>
        <DictionaryValueRange typeName="value.range2">
            <DictionaryRangeItems>
                <DictionaryRangeItem>range.item3</DictionaryRangeItem>
            </DictionaryRangeItems>
            <valueTypeName>value-type-name</valueTypeName>
        </DictionaryValueRange>
    </DictionaryValueRanges>
    <DictionaryRangeItems>
        <DictionaryRangeItem typeName="range.item2">
            <value>4</value>
        </DictionaryRangeItem>
    </DictionaryRangeItems>
    <DictionaryValueTypeNames>
        <DictionaryValueTypeName>a value type
name</DictionaryValueTypeName>

<DictionaryValueTypeName>value-type-name</DictionaryValueTypeName>
    </DictionaryValueTypeNames>
</DictionaryModel>