[XSLT] on the fly copying id value as idref

ratnalein · June 2nd, 2014, 09:53 AM

Hallo everyone,

My OUTPUT XML should look like this:

Code:

<ContextInstance id="00001">
    <Person id="1">
        <Name>Sandra Jones</Name>
        <Seks>Female</Seks>
    </Person>
    <Address id="2" refid="1">
        <Street>My Street</Street>
        <Country>USA</Country>
    </Address>
</ContextInstance>

I have been trying to create the xsl, which can reference the Attribute "refid" in the element "Addresse". Unfortunately I was not successfull. This is my actual xsl:

Code:

<xsl:template name="random_id">
    <xsl:value-of select="format-number(round(9999 * java:nextDouble($random)), '0000')" />
</xsl:template>

<ContextInstance><xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:call-template name="random_id" /></xsl:attribute>
    
    <Person><xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:call-template name="random_id" /></xsl:attribute>
            <Name>my XPath Expression</Name>
            <Seks>my XPath Expression</Seks>
    </Person>
    
    <Address><xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:call-template name="random_id" /></xsl:attribute>
            <xsl:attribute name="refNB"></xsl:attribute>
            <Street>my XPath Expression</Street>
            <Country>my XPath Expression</Country>
    </Address>
    
</ContextInstance>

As you can see, I am facing the Problem to get the value of refid on the fly. The Attribute refid of the element Address references the Person id Attribute.

Does anybody have any idea how I can put copy the value from the Person id Attribute into the refid of the addresse?

Thank you very much.

Regards,

Ratna

mhkay · June 2nd, 2014, 10:11 AM

Just generate it in a variable:

Code:

<ContextInstance><xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:call-template name="random_id" /></xsl:attribute>
 
    <xsl:variable name="pid">
      <xsl:call-template name="random_id" />
    </xsl:variable>   
    <Person><xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="$pid" /></xsl:attribute>
            <Name>my XPath Expression</Name>
            <Seks>my XPath Expression</Seks>
    </Person>
    
    <Address><xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:call-template name="random_id" /></xsl:attribute>
            <xsl:attribute name="refid"><xsl:value-of select="$pid"/></xsl:attribute>
            <Street>my XPath Expression</Street>
            <Country>my XPath Expression</Country>
    </Address>
    
</ContextInstance>

ratnalein · June 4th, 2014, 11:36 AM

Thank you very much, Mr Kay, it works.