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Re: [xsl] XML tags as map keys and impact on XSLT/XPath

2010-06-18 03:19:58
On 18 June 2010 07:28, Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang(_dot_)laun(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> 
wrote:
Every now and then, people (not me) want to represent a Map<K,V> in XML by 
using
s.th. like
  <map>
    <k1>v1</k1>
    <k2>v2</k2>
    ...
  </map>
with ki from K and vi from V. Apart from the obvious limitation for K's 
values,

A less limiting approach is:

<map key=" " value=" "/>

I feel that this is somehow violating the spirit of XML.

I know what you mean.... but for name/value pairs its fine.


So, more specifically: Doesn't such a "structure" complicate the writing
of XSLT constructs? Aren't there any statements or expressions that
won't be usable at all? (I don't need an exhaustive list of what isn't
possible - I'm more interested in a general judgment.)

Not really.  The only issue is with the QName limitation on the K
values, which you can avoid easily enough.

There was talk of "sequences of sequences" in 2.1... I don't know
whether that has made it.


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