Hi,
How do I access result tree nodes and change the value
based upon some conditions?
You don't.
You can, however, generate a RTF, convert that into a node-set and then process
that.
Normally all match or test attributes point to source
tree.
I have a situation where in the same xsl file, an
attribute is being generated somewhere deep in the
result tree. This attribute is also being copied from
source tree to result in some other places in the
tree. After all this processing is complete, I now
must recheck the value of this attribute in the result
tree (no matter where in the tree it occurs) and if
it is emtpy, make it equal to the value of another
attribute that is also present in the same element and
may have itself be generated anew or copied from
source to result tree.
Are you sure you can't do this without two passes, be it using temporary tree
or actually with two transformations? It would probably require a lot more tree
navigation and re-doing some things just to generate the value of the
attribute, but often times it can be done.
I know one way is to split the process into 2 stages
and create a second xsl file but I am looking for
above solution for performance reasones.
Doing two piped transformations can be faster than trying to do everything in
one go due to less tree navigation. Also, separating the transformation will
most likely make your stylesheets and logic more readable and maintainable. Of
course you have to implement the piped transformation, but it's fairly trivial
using e.g. JAXP (,thought it should be easier still).
Cheers,
Jarno