recursive xslt

theEclipse · Dec 7, 2005

Hello

I am working on a xslt program to process xml into html that has a list of requirements for a program.

Many of the requirements are just as simple as this:

Code:

<requirement>128Mb onboard video card memory</requirement>
<requirement>...</requirement>
<requirement>...</requirement>

However some of them have sub-requirements:

Code:

<requirement>Video card
   <requirement>128Mb onboard memory</requirement>
   <requirement>PCIxpress or AGP 8x</requirement>
   <requirement>Dual screen</requirement>
</requirement>
<requirement>...</requirement>
<requirement>
    <requirement>...</requirement>
    <requirement>...</requirement>
</requirement>

Is there a way to make my xsl:template match to make this look nice in something like a nested <ul> layout?

Thanks

Robert Carpenter
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JontyMC · Dec 9, 2005

Given XML of:

Code:

<requirements>
  <requirement>Video card
   <requirement>128Mb onboard memory</requirement>
    <requirement>PCIxpress or AGP 8x</requirement>
    <requirement>Dual screen</requirement>
  </requirement>
  <requirement>...</requirement>
  <requirement>
    <requirement>...</requirement>
    <requirement>...</requirement>
  </requirement>
</requirements>

I would probably do something like:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">[/URL]
  <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="requirements">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>Requirements</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <ul>
          <xsl:apply-templates/>
        </ul>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="requirement">
    <li>
      <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
      <xsl:if test="requirement">
        <ul>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="requirement"/>
        </ul>
      </xsl:if>
    </li>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Jon

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recursive xslt

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