Hi Nate,
I would try a transform that brings the nav XMLs together into one uniform
hierarchical structure. Then run through it and create JS objects for your nodes
instead of long arrays. Something like:
// create hierarchy in reverse order so the
// objects exist to be included in their parent
..snip..
var f1_obj = new Object();
f1_obj.display_label_link = "false";
f1_obj.expand = "false";
f1_obj.id = "f1";
f1_obj.index_page = "siteindex";
f1_obj.label = "Home";
f1_obj.name = "en_us";
f1_obj.pager = "true";
f1_obj.snailtrail = "false";
f1_obj.status = "editorial";
f1_obj.xsl_fileref = "basic_3col.xsl";
f1_obj.nav_state = 1;
f1_obj.parent = 'site_obj';
f1_obj.folders = [f953036460_obj,f661058541_obj,jobs1_obj,faq_obj,base_obj];
f1_obj.pages = [siteindex_obj,p353715906_obj,p523744271_obj];
f1_obj.rightcol = [c413186147_obj];
f1_obj.content =
[cindex_obj,c1919458443_obj,c413186147_obj,c531371071_obj,c1021039099_obj];
var site_obj = new Object();
site_obj.id = "clean2";
site_obj.nav_col = "tabs_narrow_left";
site_obj.p_nam = "label";
site_obj.site_index = "siteindex";
site_obj.subtitle = "Storyboard";
site_obj.title = "Clean Site";
site_obj.use_tool_style = "1";
site_obj.folders = [f1_obj];
Once you have an hierarchical object representation you can use any number of
free JS scripts/objects that are freely available. I have an example of this if
you want.
Another interesting project you can do with this type of thing is apply a
similar XSL against your schema to help with schema-driven, browser-based
editing. :)
best,
-Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of
Nathan Shaw
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 6:45 AM
To: XSL-List(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Cc: Joerg Heinicke
Subject: Re: [xsl] Requested review, xml 2 js xslt
After some good advice from Jeorg, I am re-submitting
my question on my xml 2 js xslt.
Basically, what I am doing is generating a js array
file that is included to provide the navigation menu
items for a drop-down menu (Hiermenus).
I chose to create a near-empty xml file (only contains
a <Root></Root> element) to parse and include 4
separate files that hold navigation information,
instead of actually parsing one of those files and
including the other 3. It just seemed cleaner to me to
do it that way, because one of the nav xml files
(news) is completely different from the other 3.
However, as this is my first stab at generating a js
file and the method I have chosen seems a bit odd, I
would love to get some comments on it.
I have pasted the relevant pieces of my xslt below and
would appreciate comments, critiques, etc.. on it.
TIA --Nate
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