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RE: finding next element after
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:09:39 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] finding next element after
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> thanks Mike, that definitely makes it tighter. What
> about this line?
>
> <xsl:value-of select="../../following-sibling::node()"
> />
>
> Any cleaner way to write that? Seems dirty with the
> "../../" and the node() in there. All I want is to
> grab the Caption element's contents, which will always
> be text.
Well, I haven't looked at your problem in detail, but when I see lots of
"../..", I wonder if the code wouldn't be better written with a
different element as the context node.
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
>
> --nate
>
>
> --- Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > You should replace this kind of test:
> >
> > <xsl:when test="local-name(parent::node())='p'">
> >
> > with:
> >
> > <xsl:when test="parent::p">
> >
> > Michael Kay
> > Software AG
> > home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
> > work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com] On
> > Behalf Of
> > > Nathan Shaw
> > > Sent: 02 October 2002 18:18
> > > To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > > Subject: Re: [xsl] finding next element after
> > >
> > >
> > > I got it, but want to make sure that I am not
> > doing
> > > anything too funky here, as this is my first real
> > > foray into using axises.
> > >
> > > <xsl:choose>
> > > <xsl:when
> > test="local-name(parent::node())='Link'">
> > > <xsl:if
> > >
> >
> test="local-name(../../following-sibling::node())='Caption'">
> > > <Caption>
> > > <xsl:attribute name="align">
> > > <xsl:value-of
> > > select="'bottom'" />
> > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > <xsl:value-of
> > > select="../../following-sibling::node()" />
> > > </Caption>
> > > </xsl:if>
> > > </xsl:when>
> > > <xsl:when
> > test="local-name(parent::node())='p'">
> > > <xsl:if
> > >
> >
> test="local-name(../following-sibling::node())='Caption'">
> > > <Caption>
> > > <xsl:attribute
> > > name="align">
> > >
> > > <xsl:value-of select="'bottom'" />
> > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > <xsl:value-of
> > > select="../following-sibling::node()" />
> > > </Caption>
> > > </xsl:if>
> > > </xsl:when>
> > > <xsl:otherwise></xsl:otherwise>
> > > </xsl:choose>
> > >
> > > Thoughts? Is there an easier/better way to
> > accomplish
> > > this?
> > >
> > > --nate
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Nathan Shaw <n8_shaw@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Here is my deal. I am trying to associate a
> > caption
> > > > with an image. The XML I am parsing will always
> > look
> > > > like this:
> > > >
> > > > With a caption and a link:
> > > > <p><Link href="http://islswg.hq.nasa.gov/"><img
> > > > src="C:\Documents and Settings\nshaw.HQIRMS\My
> > > > Documents\genericpics\ISS\transhub.jpg"
> > > > height="120.75" width="156.75"/></Link></p>
> > > > <Caption>Picture of the ISS TransHAB.</Caption>
> > > >
> > > > OR
> > > >
> > > > With a caption and no link:
> > > > <p><img src="C:\Documents and
> > > > Settings\nshaw.HQIRMS\My
> > Documents\genericpics\ISS\transhub.jpg"
> > > > height="120.75" width="156.75"/></p>
> > > > <Caption>Picture of the ISS TransHAB.</Caption>
> > > >
> > > > OR
> > > > With a link and no caption:
> > > > <p><Link href="http://islswg.hq.nasa.gov/"><img
> > > > src="C:\Documents and Settings\nshaw.HQIRMS\My
> > > > Documents\genericpics\ISS\transhub.jpg"
> > > > height="120.75" width="156.75"/></Link></p>
> > > >
> > > > OR
> > > >
> > > > With no link or caption:
> > > > <p><img src="C:\Documents and
> > > > Settings\nshaw.HQIRMS\My
> > Documents\genericpics\ISS\transhub.jpg"
> > > > height="120.75" width="156.75"/></p>
> > > >
> > > > I want my resulting ouput to look like this (of
> > > > course
> > > > there would not be a Link or Caption element if
> > > > those
> > > > did not exist in the original XML):
> > > >
> > > > <Media type="image" id="transhub"
> > > > file="http://www.nasa.gov/images/aero.gif"
> > > > width="157"
> > > > height="121" border="" alt="Picture of the ISS
> > > > TransHAB." align="left"><Link
> > url="http://islswg.hq.nasa.gov/"
> > > > type="internal"/><Caption align="bottom">Picture
> > of
> > > > the ISS TransHAB.</Caption>
> > > > </Media>
> > > > This is as close as I have gotten in my XSLT.
> > > > Finding
> > > > the next following Caption element is tripping
> > me up
> > > > ((following-sibling::*[1])[self::Caption])!
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:template match="img">
> > > > <Media>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="type">
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> select="'image'" />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:variable name="fileName">
> > > > <xsl:call-template name="getFileName">
> > > > <xsl:with-param name="FilePath"
> > > select="@src" />
> > > > </xsl:call-template>
> > > > </xsl:variable>
> > > > <xsl:variable name="imgID"
> > > select="substring-before($fileName,'.')"
> > > > />
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="id">
> > > > <xsl:value-of select="$imgID" />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="file">
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> > > >
> > >
> >
> select="concat('http://www.nasa.gov/images/',$fileName)"
> > > > />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="width">
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> select="round(@width)" />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="height">
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> select="round(@height)" />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="border">
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> select="@border" />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="alt">
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> > > select="/NewsRelease/Body/caption"
> > > > />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:if
> > test="local-name(parent::node())='Link'">
> > > > <Link>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="url">
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> > > select="../@href" />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:variable name="nasaURL">
> > > >
> <xsl:call-template name="LCase">
> > > > <xsl:with-param
> > > name="string"
> > > > select="../@href"
> > > > />
> > > > </xsl:call-template>
> > > > </xsl:variable>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="type">
> > > > <xsl:choose>
> > > > <xsl:when
> > > > test="contains($nasaURL,'nasa.gov')">
> > > >
> > > <xsl:value-of select="'internal'" />
> > > > </xsl:when>
> > > > <xsl:otherwise>
> > > >
> > > <xsl:value-of select="'external'" />
> > > > </xsl:otherwise>
> > > > </xsl:choose>
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > </Link>
> > > > </xsl:if>
> > > > <xsl:if
> test="(following-sibling::*[1])[self::Caption]">
> > > > <Caption>
> > > > <xsl:attribute name="align">
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> > > select="'bottom'" />
> > > > </xsl:attribute>
> > > > <xsl:value-of
> > > select="(following-sibling::*[1])[self::Caption]"
> > />
> > > > </Caption>
> > > > </xsl:if>
> > > > </Media>
> > > > </xsl:template>
> > > >
> > > > thanks in advance for the help! I have been
> > racking
> > > > me
> > > > brain for hours and hours on this!
> > > >
> > > > --nate
> > > >
> > > >
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