how to look up the result-tree of an XSL-transformation?

[Johannes Busse]

Hello NG,

a short question: is it possible to look up the result-tree of an
XSL-transformation also?

We have the problem to process a literature-database:
- write out an entry for each book (trivial)
- write out an entry for each author of the book (trivial)
*if and only if this author was not allocated yet*.

We have solved this problem yet like this:

<xsl:template match="author">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=" preceding-sibling::BookEntry/author = .">
<!-- we have had processed this author yet;
nothing to do -->
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<!-- allocate the author -->
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

That' fine, it works. But in other cases it would be much more easy to
look up the result-tree. Is it possible?

Thank you!



herzliche Grüße
Johannes Busse

 

[Dimitre Novatchev]

This is a grouping problem -- you can use for example the Muenchian method
for grouping.


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Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL



Hello NG,

a short question: is it possible to look up the result-tree of an
XSL-transformation also?

We have the problem to process a literature-database:
- write out an entry for each book (trivial)
- write out an entry for each author of the book (trivial)
*if and only if this author was not allocated yet*.

We have solved this problem yet like this:

<xsl:template match="author">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=" preceding-sibling::BookEntry/author = .">
<!-- we have had processed this author yet;
nothing to do -->
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<!-- allocate the author -->
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

That' fine, it works. But in other cases it would be much more easy to
look up the result-tree. Is it possible?

Thank you!



herzliche Grüße
Johannes Busse