processing element within element

Krippers · February 15th, 2010, 10:48 AM

Hi,
I have a problem with processing a list within list:

Source snippet:

Code:

<Paragraph process="False">
   <ParagraphContent>Blah Blah Blah</ParagraphContent>
</Paragraph>

<Paragraph process="True">
   <ParagraphContent>
         <List>
             <ListItem>A List entry</ListItem>
             <ListItem>
                   <List>
                      <ListItem>Another List entry</ListItem>
                  </List>
          <List>
     </ParagraphContent>
</Paragraph>

The transform :

Code:

<xsl:template match="Paragraph[@Process='True']">
   <div><xsl:apply-templates/><div>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="List">
  <list><xsl:apply-templates/></list>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="ListItem>
   <li><xsl:value-of select="."/></li>
</template>

What I get as an output:

Code:

<div>
  <list>
   <li>A list entryAnother List entry</li>
  </list>
</div>

What I would like to see as an output:

Code:

<div>
   <list>
      <li>A list entry</li>
       <li>
          <list>
              <li>Another List entry</li>
          </list>
        </li>
     </list>

I can see where I am going wrong in that xsl:value-of probably isnt the way forward. Has anyone got any ideas?

Many thanks

Martin Honnen · February 15th, 2010, 10:54 AM

Don't use xsl:value-of, instead use xsl:apply-templates:

Code:

<xsl:template match="ListItem>
   <li><xsl:apply-templates/></li>
</template>

Krippers · February 15th, 2010, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Honnen

Don't use xsl:value-of, instead use xsl:apply-templates:

Code:

<xsl:template match="ListItem>
   <li><xsl:apply-templates/></li>
</template>

thats the one thanks.

Thats the problem with learning c#, citrix, xml, xslt, CMS, html, UNIX, LINUX, and Network engineering all at the same time, one forgets the basics, like eating and sleeping. Cheers for the help