Re: XSL-FO list with sublist

Wendell,

>for each goal, generate blocks for any content
>then, make a list
>for each question in the goal, make an item
>inside, generate blocks for any content you want here
>then, if any metrics are present, make a list
>inside, for each metric, make an item
>inside it, generate blocks for any content you want here

What you said above I think is what I'm trying to do in my code. Take a look:
In this way, it's not working, because when I open a <fo:list-item> i think
XSL-FO don't permit open another one inside without closing the first.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
							  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
	<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
		<fo:layout-master-set>
			<fo:simple-page-master master-name="simple"
	                           page-height="29.7cm"
	                           page-width="21cm"
	                           margin-top="1cm"

	                           margin-bottom="2cm"
	                           margin-left="2.5cm"
	                           margin-right="2.5cm">
				<fo:region-body margin-top="3cm"/>
				<fo:region-before extent="3cm"/>
				<fo:region-after extent="1.5cm"/>
			</fo:simple-page-master>
		</fo:layout-master-set>

		<fo:page-sequence master-reference="simple">
			<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
					<fo:block text-align="center"
							  text-indent="5mm"
    						  font-family="arial" font-size="18pt"
    						  space-before="5mm" space-after="10mm">
						<xsl:value-of select="gqmroot/@titleRoot"/>
					</fo:block>

					<fo:list-block>
						<fo:list-item>
							<fo:list-item-label>
								<fo:block></fo:block>
							</fo:list-item-label>
							<fo:list-item-body>
								<xsl:for-each select="gqmroot/goal">
								<fo:block text-indent="5mm"
									      font-family="arial" font-size="12pt"
										  space-before="5mm" space-after="5mm">
									<xsl:value-of select="@titleGoal"/>
										<fo:list-item>
											<fo:list-item-label>
												<fo:block></fo:block>
											</fo:list-item-label>
											<fo:list-item-body>
												<xsl:for-each select="question">
												<fo:block text-indent="5mm"
									   					  font-family="arial" font-size="12pt"
														  space-before="5mm" space-after="5mm">

													<xsl:value-of select="@titleQuestion"/>
														<fo:list-item>
															<fo:list-item-label>
																<fo:block></fo:block>
															</fo:list-item-label>
															<fo:list-item-body>
																<xsl:for-each select="question">
																<fo:block text-indent="5mm"
													   					  font-family="arial" font-size="12pt"
																		  space-before="5mm" space-after="5mm">

																	<xsl:value-of select="@titleQuestion"/>
																		<fo:list-item>
																			<fo:list-item-label>
																				<fo:block></fo:block>
																			</fo:list-item-label>
																			<fo:list-item-body>
																				<xsl:for-each select="metric">
																				<fo:block text-indent="5mm"
													   									  font-family="arial" font-size="12pt"
																						  space-before="5mm" space-after="5mm">

																						<xsl:value-of select="@titleMetric"/>
																						<xsl:value-of select="unparsed-text(@ChartLink)"
disable-output-escaping="yes"/>

																				</fo:block>
																				</xsl:for-each>
																			</fo:list-item-body>
																		</fo:list-item>

																</fo:block>
																</xsl:for-each>
															</fo:list-item-body>
														</fo:list-item>

												</fo:block>
												</xsl:for-each>
											</fo:list-item-body>
										</fo:list-item>

								</fo:block>
								</xsl:for-each>
							</fo:list-item-body>
						</fo:list-item>
					</fo:list-block>

			</fo:flow>
		</fo:page-sequence>
	</fo:root>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


Thanks,
LUCAS


> Lucas,
>
> Well, it's true that if you never use anything
> but xsl:for-each and xsl:value-of, you will soon
> hit a wall. In general, an experienced XSLT
> designer uses templates, which are designed
> precisely to afford the necessary flexibility, in
> preference to for-each and value-of.
>
> Your structure is, however, very regular. Think of it like this:
>
> for each goal, generate blocks for any content
> then, make a list
>    for each question in the goal, make an item
>      inside, generate blocks for any content you want here
>      then, if any metrics are present, make a list
>        inside, for each metric, make an item
>          inside it, generate blocks for any content you want here
>
> You could do this entirely with for-each and
> value-of. If you know for a fact that no question
> appears without metric children, you could even
> skip the conditional "if any metrics are
> present". (The conditional is present to avoid
> creating empty lists in case there is nothing to make an item in your
sublist.)
>
> Does this help?
>
> (We could use templates instead of for-each for
> better code, but that wouldn't address the particular question you are
asking.)
>
> Cheers,
> Wendell
>
> At 03:20 PM 12/12/2007, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >But the problem is my xml, that is like below.
> >Inside gqmroot I have goals, inside each goal I
> >have questions and inside each question I have
> >metrics. In the normal XSLT I used the for-each
> >and value-of to get each xml node. In this way
> >that you told me to do the list, I think I can't use that or am I wrong?
> >
> >
> >Thanks again,
> >Lucas
> >
> >
> ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >
> ><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="F-GESGQM.xsl"?>
> ><!-- New document created at Thu Oct 18 08:53:18 CEST 2007 -->
> >
> ><gqmroot titleRoot="F-GES GQM">
> >         <goal titleGoal="G.1. Aumento della qualit` esterna">
> >                 <question titleQuestion="Q.1.1.
> > Quanti bug trova lutente? Quanti sono ad alta priorit`?">
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.1.1. Numero di bug riportati
> >nell'intervallo di tempo considerato, divisi per
> >centro di costo e per prodotto."
> >                                 ChartLink="gesGQMReport_M111.html">
> >                         </metric>
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.1.2. Numero di bug ad alta
> >priorit` riportati dallutente al mese, divisi
> >per centro di costo e per prodotto."
> >                                 ChartLink="gesGQMReport_M112.html">
> >                         </metric></question>
> >                 <question titleQuestion="Q.1.2.
> > Quanto h soddisfatto lutente della nuova release?">
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.2.1 Numero di richieste di
> >cambiamento del sistema nell'intervallo di tempo per quella release"
> >                                 ChartLink="gesGQMReport_M121.html">
> >                         </metric>
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.2.2. Numero di bug riportati
> >dall'utente nell'intervallo di tempo facenti riferimento a quella release"
> >                                 ChartLink="">
> >                         </metric>
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.2.3. Tempo medio di fix dei bug ad alta priorit`"
> >                                 ChartLink="">
> >                         </metric>
> >                 </question>
> >                 <question titleQuestion="Q.1.3.
> > Quanto viene usata una release prima che sia rilasciata quella
successiva?">
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.3.1. Effort di utilizzo dell'applicazione"
> >                                 ChartLink="">
> >                         </metric></question>
> >                 <question titleQuestion="Q.1.4.
> > Qual h l'aderenza tra bisogno dell'utente
> > (identificato in una storia) e rilascio?">
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.4.1. Numero di richieste di
> >cambiamento del sistema nel primo intervallo di tempo"
> >                                 ChartLink="">
> >                         </metric>
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.4.2. Valutazione soggettiva da parte dei beta-tester"
> >                                 ChartLink="">
> >                         </metric>
> >                         <metric
> >
> >titleMetric="M.1.4.3. Numero di falsi negativi tra le richieste di
intervento"
> >                                 ChartLink="">
> >                         </metric>
> >                 </question>
> >         </goal>
> ></gqmroot>
>
>
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