Problem is, that the 'select' attribute of xsl:value-if is not
interpolated. I'll try to find another way.
PH
Honza Pazdziora wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to reference elements whose names (paths) are not known
> statically but are stored in the XML document. I have following XML:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-2"?>
> <page>
> <result>
> <person>Tom</person>
> <id>13</id>
> </result>
> <structure>
> <tag name="person"/>
> <tag name="id"/>
> </structure>
> </page>
>
> and I'm aiming for the output
>
> <output>
> <newtag name="person" value="Tom"/>
> <newtag name="id" value="13"/>
> </output>
>
> so if the /page/structure/tag/@name is person, the value of th nwatag
> should be /page/result/person. I tried
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>
> <xsl:template match="page">
> <output>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="structure"/>
> </output>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="structure/tag">
> <newtag>
> <xsl:attribute name="name">
> <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
> </xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:attribute name="value">
> <xsl:value-of select="/page/result/{@name}"/>
> </xsl:attribute>
> </newtag>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> but received [Sablotron] [215] Error: msgtype:error ::
> code:215 :: module:Sablotron :: URI:arg:/template :: line:16 ::
> node:attribute 'select' :: msg:token '{' not recognized
> (this is in XML::Sablotron under AxKit but I assume it doesn't
> matter).
>
> Jirka Kosek suggested using
>
> <xsl:template match="structure/tag">
> <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
> <newtag>
> <xsl:attribute name="name">
> <xsl:value-of select="$name"/>
> </xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:attribute name="value">
> <xsl:value-of select="/page/result/$name"/>
> </xsl:attribute>
> </newtag>
> </xsl:template>
>
> but here I get [Sablotron] [214] Error: msgtype:error :: code:214 ::
> module:Sablotron :: URI:arg:/template :: line:17 :: node:attribute
> 'select' :: msg:pattern is empty
> (line 17 that containing <xsl:value-of select="/page/result/$name"/>).
>
> So my question is: is this possible with Sablotron? Using data from
> XML to dynamically with the target of the template of the path of the
> element? Or any other workaround?
>
> Any hint would be helpful,
>
>
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Pavel Hlavnicka
Ginger Alliance Ltd.
Prague; Czech Republic
