Re: [xsl] keys and unique IDs

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

Robert,

If I understand you correctly, you don't need to.

generate-id() will always give the same value for a given node on a given 
run of a stylesheet. The key is unnecessary -- just access generate-id() again.

Cheers,
Wendell

At 03:22 PM 3/19/01, you wrote:
>Is there a way to generate unique IDs for each node in an XML document and
>then when you match that node can you retrieve the key's value (the UID)?
>For example:
>
><xsl:key name="allnodes" match="*" use="generate-id()"/>
>
><xsl:template match="/">
>     <style type="text/css">
>         <xsl:apply-templates mode="x"/>
>     </style>
>     <xsl:apply-templates mode="y"/>
></xsl:template>
>
><xsl:template match="*" mode="x">
>     <xsl:variable name="this.nodes.key" select="???"/>
>      #<xsl:value-of select="$this.nodes.key"/> {yadayada}
></xsl:template>
>
><xsl:template match="*" mode="y">
>     <xsl:variable name="this.nodes.key" select="???"/>
>     <div id="{$this.nodes.key}">
>          whatever
>     </div>
></xsl:template>
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
>
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