Q: moving test= to match=

[Malcolm Dew-Jones]

I have a test= that works but I would like to figure out how to move it
into a match=. (Ok, that's unclear but pls keep reading.)

Part of my XSLT file looks like this.

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="
count(.//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'FOP')=true()])=1
and
count(.//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'FOP ')=true()])=1
and
count(..//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'FOP')=true()])=2
">
... do something here ...
</xsl:when>

<xsltherwise>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>


As you can see, what I have is a single template that matches every node,
and then an xsl:choose with a test= expression to handle certain nodes
seperately. I did it this way because I could not figure out how to write
that long test= expression as a match= expression in its own template.

What I want would look like the following, except that this doesn't work
of course.

<xsl:template match="
count(.//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'LOOP')=true()])=1
and
count(.//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'LOOP ')=true()])=1
and
count(..//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'LOOP')=true()])=2
">
... do something here ...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>


My problem is that I dont understand the syntax I need to use for the
match expression to make this work this way. The match has to select a
set of nodes where for each node that test is true - but I don't know how
to write that, and hence this post.

Feedback welcome, thanks.

Malcolm

 

[Pavel Lepin]

I have a test= that works but I would like to figure out
how to move it
into a match=. (Ok, that's unclear but pls keep reading.)

As you can see, what I have is a single template that
matches every node, and then an xsl:choose with a test=
expression to handle certain nodes seperately. I did it
this way because I could not figure out how to write that
long test= expression as a match= expression in its own
template.

<xsl:template match="
count(.//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'LOOP')=true()])=1
and
count(.//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'LOOP
')=true()])=1 and
count(..//w:fldSimple/@w:instr[contains(.,'LOOP')=true()])=2
">
... do something here ...
</xsl:template>

This should be a predicate.

My problem is that I dont understand the syntax I need to
use for the match expression to make this work this way.
The match has to select a set of nodes where for each node
that test is true - but I don't know how to write that,
and hence this post.

I would recommend reading a good XPath tutorial. You can't
get anywhere without XPath in XSLT anyway. IBM's
developerWorks probably has some good introductory XPath
materials.

<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/>