Recursion of tags in one tag

[Cedric Vonck]

Hello everybody,

I have a question about xml / xsl(t).

I need to transform a following kind of xml to editable file (format
does not matter).

The xml file look like this:

<...> Root
<tag>
<subtag1>.....</subtag1>
<subtag2>.....</subtag2>
....
....
<subtag1>.....</subtag1>
<subtag2>.....</subtag2>
</tag>
</...> End Root

Subtag1 & Subtag2 can repeat themselves n-times.
I know that this is xml is wellformed but not wellstructured.

The ideal solution should be:

<...> Root
<tag>
<detail>
<subtag1>.....</subtag1>
<subtag2>.....</subtag2>
</detail>
<detail>
<subtag1>.....</subtag1>
<subtag2>.....</subtag2>
</detail>
</tag>
</...> End Root

If the xml should like this (in the ideal case) I could get the
conversion to work in no time.

Any suggestions how I could write a correct xsl(t) for the first
example???

Thank you

[Joris Gillis]

Tempore 15:25:40, die Thursday 10 February 2005 AD, hinc in foro {comp.text.xml} scripsit Cedric Vonck <va**********@ping.be>:

Subtag1 & Subtag2 can repeat themselves n-times.
I know that this is xml is wellformed but not wellstructured.

The ideal solution should be:

<...> Root
<tag>
<detail>
<subtag1>.....</subtag1>
<subtag2>.....</subtag2>
</detail>
<detail>
<subtag1>.....</subtag1>
<subtag2>.....</subtag2>
</detail>
</tag>
</...> End Root

If the xml should like this (in the ideal case) I could get the
conversion to work in no time.

Any suggestions how I could write a correct xsl(t) for the first
example???

Hi,

I'm not really sure if this is really what you asked for, but here's an xslt that converts the first document into the second:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

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

<xsl:template match="*[subtag1]">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()[not(self::subtag2)] | @*"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="subtag1">
<details>
<xsl:copy-of select=". | following-sibling::subtag2[1]"/>
</details>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
regards,
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Keep it simple

[Cedric Vonck]

> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"

xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

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

<xsl:template match="*[subtag1]">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node()[not(self::subtag2)] | @*"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="subtag1">
<details>
<xsl:copy-of select=". | following-sibling::subtag2[1]"/>
</details>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
regards,

Thank you for your answer, but I should have made my post more
clearer.
The second example with the (<detail>) tag is no problem for me.
It is the first one that poses problems.

So if possible, could anyone explain to me how I have to write a
decent xsl(t) for it??

Thx