how to find child node when there is mentioned (child::*)

mlohokare · May 12th, 2009, 05:23 AM

Hi,

I have to find particular child node while there is mentioned child::*

XML

Code:

<body output="student/teacher">
<task>
 <title>foo</title>
 <group>
   <step>
       <para>Some text</para>
       <fig>
           <image href="..."/>
       </fig>
   </step>
 </group>
 <group>
   <step>
       <para>Some text</para>
       <note>                        [problem for this]
           <para>some text</para>
       </note>
     <note>                        [problem for this]
        <para>some text</para>
     </note>
   </step>
 </group>
</task>
<task>
 <title>foo</title>
 <group>
   <step>
       <para>Some text</para>
   </step>
 </group>
 <group>
   <step>
       <para>Some text</para>
       <note>                        [problem for this]
           <para>some text</para>
       </note>
   </step>
     <note>                        [problem for this]
        <para>some text</para>
     </note>   
 </group>
 <note>                        [No problem for this]
     <para>some text</para>
 </note>
</task>
</body>

For above xml; in xslt already in <group> element match as child::*.

Now I have to do some modification on attribute of <note> element. [on the basis of attribute value (which is common for all and It may present / may not present) i have to process]

for <note> element I give the condition but already present condition [child::*] overrides the my condition. And If i delete child::* then not able to copy all required element for final processing.

Please help.

Mahesh

Martin Honnen · May 12th, 2009, 05:30 AM

Your current description is not clear to me. Can you show us the transformation result corresponding to the input sample you have shown?
And if you already have an XSLT stylesheet that does not work as intended then you might want to show that as well and explain which templates in the stylesheet do not work as intended.

mlohokare · May 12th, 2009, 05:53 AM

Hi Martin,

I am using Arbortext styler.

My Output is PDF.

Let me explain -

1] Structure is like the xml which i shown.
2] For pdf output there is a XSl:fo, present in Arbortext styler format.
3] The new requirement is that if <note> element is having some attribute value then it should be print for teacher not student. If that attribute is not present then it will print for both output.
4] For this i created a match that, if <note> element is having attribute and ancestor::body is having "student" then don't print
5] But there is a match for <group> element which combines all child and dispaly as table in output PDF.
6] In <group> match inside 1 <td> there is child::* is mentioned.
7] Because of this, though i am giving separate match for <note> doesn't work.
8] To solve this i should know how can i reach up to particular node while there is mention [child::*]
9] I tried as below in <group> element match but it doesn't work

A] child::*[not(note[@attribute='internal' and parent::step]) or not(note[@attribute='internal' and parent::group])]

10] This is the theory of my problem.

Please advice.

Mahesh

Martin Honnen · May 12th, 2009, 12:40 PM

If you transform your XML to XSL:FO to produce PDF from that then I don't see why you could not show us the XSL:FO you want to create from your XML input.
I am afraid your second verbal description has not helped me to understand what you want to achieve and what the problem is with your current approach, other than that you are writing match patterns which do not achieve what you need.