Hi,
I need a template to return a subset of XML from the xml
source. I'm trying
to populate a variable with this information. How can I do this?
Example:
<A>
<B>
<ASDF/>
<QWEA/>
<FEASI/>
</B>
<C/>
</A>
So, a template that will return (as an example) <B> and its
subset of data.
Something like
<xsl:template name="get_subset_xml">
.... select the <b> node
</xsl:template>
If you want get_subset_xml to return the *source nodes*, that isn't possible
with XSLT 1.0. You can create a copy of the nodes and return that as a RTF.
More importantly, how do I assign a variable to this new subset?
So:
<xsl:variable name="some_subset" select="get_subset_xml"/>
where $some_suset is:
<B>
<ASDF/>
<QWEA/>
<FEASI/>
</B>
<xsl:variable name="some_subset" select="/A/descendant::*"/>
but it's more than likely you want
<xsl:variable name="some_subset" select="/A/B"/>
as the former the variable is bound to a set of nodes B, ASDF, QWEA, and FEASI,
whereas in the latter it's bound to just the B node and you can access the
child nodes by normal tree navigation.
Cheers,
Jarno - Razed In Black: Disintegration (The Cure cover)
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