The problem I seem to be having with this is that text() for
instance the
text "Chapter on Testing:" can not be considered a
preceding-sibling of
<AddText>Testing FAQ</AddText> even though they have the same
<Center>
parent tag since preceding-sibling does not grab the text node.
In your example the text node "Chapter on Testing:" is indeed a
preceding-sibling of the element node <AddText>Testing FAQ</AddText>,
so the problem must be somewhere else.
Note that preceding-sibling::* only selects elements, to select text nodes
use preceding-sibling::text(), and to select both using
preceding-sibling::node(). You probably only want the immediately preceding
sibling, which is preceding-sibling::node()[1].
However, if you select a text node then its string-length will always be >0.
Zero-length text nodes do not exist. Perhaps you really want to test for the
existence of the text node rather than its length? Fortunately, though,
string-length() applied to an empty node-set returns 0.
<xsl:template match="text()">
<xsl:if test="ancestor::Center">
Better to incorporate that in the match pattern:
match="Center//text()"
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test ="name(../..)='Center'
Better to write that as test="../parent::Center"
and
string-length(parent::*/preceding-sibling::*)>0">
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:text
disable-output-escaping='yes'><center></xsl:text>
As DC explained, d-o-e is not the right way to do things.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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