Please try this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
<xsl:variable name="doc" select="/" />
<xsl:variable name="sortorder" select="document('SortingOrder.xml')" />
<xsl:template match="/myRoot">
<myRoot>
<xsl:for-each select="$sortorder/mySortingOrder/myElement">
<xsl:copy-of select="$doc/myRoot/myElement[(_at_)key = current()/@key]" />
</xsl:for-each>
</myRoot>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Regards,
Mukul
On 5/11/06, Jagsmiles <jagsmiles(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
I want to sort the elements of an xml file, The criteria of ordering is
actually specified in another xml file.
Can i use xsl to sort one xml file by the using the ordering data from
another xml file?:
I give a small e.g.
The Original xml file: main.xml
<myRoot>
<myElement key=3D"Tokyo" country=3D"JAP">I am Tokyo</myElement>
<myElement key=3D"NewYork" country=3D"US">I am NewYork</myElement>
<myElement key=3D"Sydney" country=3D"AUS">I am Sydney</myElement>
<myElement key=3D"London" country=3D"UK">I am London</myElement>
</myRoot>
The Sorting Criteria xml file: SortingOrder.xml:
<mySortingOrder>
<myElement key=3D"NewYork" />
<myElement key=3D"London" />
<myElement key=3D"Tokyo" />
<myElement key=3D"Sydney" />
</mySortingOrder>
After sorting the final xml data i should get is:
<myRoot>
<myElement key=3D"NewYork" country=3D"US">I am NewYork</myElement>
<myElement key=3D"London" country=3D"UK">I am London</myElement>
<myElement key=3D"Tokyo" country=3D"JAP">I am Tokyo</myElement>
<myElement key=3D"Sydney" country=3D"AUS">I am Sydney</myElement>
</myRoot>
in the final xml, the myElement elements are sorted according to the sortin=
g
order specified in SortingOrder.xml.
Can i achieve this using xsl?
Normally for the xsl:sort the sorting information should be present in the
element itself.
Thanks in advance.
Jagdishwar.
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