XSLT: looking help with XPath-expression

In article <429ad6c1$1@e-post.inode.at>,
Gerald Aichholzer <gary@sbox.tugraz.at> wrote:
[color=blue]
> <!-- some elements here -->
> <plugin>
> <icon></icon>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> <object>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> </object>
> <symbol>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> </symbol>
> </plugin>[/color]
[color=blue]
>and I am looking for an XPath-Expression which selects
>the following fragment (including attributes if present):
>
> <plugin>
> <icon></icon>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> <object>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> </object>
> </plugin>[/color]

You can't do that. XPath can only return nodes that are in the
original document, and you want a modified version of the <plugin>
element that only has some of the original children.

-- Richard

Gerald Aichholzer wrote:

[color=blue]
> I have a XML file looking like:
>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> <plugin>
> <icon></icon>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> <object>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> </object>
> <symbol>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> </symbol>
> </plugin>
>
>
> and I am looking for an XPath-Expression which selects
> the following fragment (including attributes if present):
>
> <plugin>
> <icon></icon>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> <object>
> <!-- some elements here -->
> </object>
> </plugin>
>
> I know that I can select
>
> . the attributes of <plugin> using
> plugin/@*
>
> . object and all subelements with attributes using
> plugin/object/*|plugin/object/@*
>
> . but how can I add only the direct childs of objects
> with attributes?[/color]

plugin/object/* | plugin/object/@* | plugin/object/*/@*

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Martin Honnen wrote:[color=blue]
>
>
> Gerald Aichholzer wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>> I have a XML file looking like:
>>
>> <!-- some elements here -->
>> <plugin>
>> <icon></icon>
>> <!-- some elements here -->
>> <object>
>> <!-- some elements here -->
>> </object>
>> <symbol>
>> <!-- some elements here -->
>> </symbol>
>> </plugin>
>>
>>
>> and I am looking for an XPath-Expression which selects
>> the following fragment (including attributes if present):
>>
>> <plugin>
>> <icon></icon>
>> <!-- some elements here -->
>> <object>
>> <!-- some elements here -->
>> </object>
>> </plugin>
>>
>> I know that I can select
>>
>> . the attributes of <plugin> using
>> plugin/@*
>>
>> . object and all subelements with attributes using
>> plugin/object/*|plugin/object/@*
>>
>> . but how can I add only the direct childs of objects
>> with attributes?[/color]
>
>
> plugin/object/* | plugin/object/@* | plugin/object/*/@*
>[/color]

Thank you, Martin.

Gerald

In article <429af4d9$1@e-post.inode.at>,
Gerald Aichholzer <gary@sbox.tugraz.at> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> <plugin>
>>> <icon></icon>
>>> <!-- some elements here -->
>>> <object>
>>> <!-- some elements here -->
>>> </object>
>>> </plugin>[/color][/color][/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> plugin/object/* | plugin/object/@* | plugin/object/*/@*[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
>Thank you, Martin.[/color]

That doesn't do what your example shows, but maybe it does what you
want.

-- Richard