Re: [xsl] for-each: is there a better way to do this?

[Amy Kaizerman <amy dot j dot kaizerman at lmco dot com>]

Very cool!  Thanks!  I'll try it out tomorrow.

Amy

Joshua.Kuswadi@BTFinancialgroup.com wrote:

> Amy wrote:
> > Hi!  I'm still trying to figure things out and wanted to ask if there
> > was a better way to
> > build my stylesheet.  I'm using for-each a lot and it seems like I
> > should be using apply-templates
> > more, but I'm just not sure how to do that.  I would greatly
> > appreciate
> > any help given.
>
> <snip> XML and XSL sample code cut out </snip>
>
> >From what I've tried (and read), the use of apply-templates is much preferred over for-each. It looks like your stylesheet has three natural looking templates to come out of it. So a (simplified) stylesheet for you may be:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet>
>  <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" />
>
>  <xsl:template match="/">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="Aps:VpmResultSet/Aps:PartStructure" />
>  </xsl:template>
>
>  <xsl:template match="Aps:VpmResultSet/Aps:PartStructure">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="Aps:AsDesigned/Aps:Drawing" />
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="Aps:AsDesigned/Aps:Specification" />
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="Aps:AsBuilt/Aps:TestResult" />
>  </xsl:template>
>
>  <xsl:templates match="Aps:Drawing">
>         <tr>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:Name"/></td>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:TopAssemblyName"/></td>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:PartNumber"/></td>
>
>           <td><xsl:value-of select="Aps:DocumentId"/></td>
>           <td><a><xsl:attribute
> name="href">/assist/model/apsVpmSheets/?id=<xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/@ino:id"/>&amp;type=Aps:AsDesigned/Aps:Drawing&amp;name=<xsl:value-of
> select="Aps:Name"/>
>             </xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select="Aps:Name"/>
>             </a>
>           </td>
>         </tr>
>  </xsl:template>
>
>  <xsl:templates match="Aps:Specification">
>         <tr>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:Name"/></td>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:TopAssemblyName"/></td>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:PartNumber"/></td>
>
>           <td><xsl:value-of select="Aps:DocumentId"/></td>
>           <td><a><xsl:attribute
> name="href">/assist/model/apsVpmSheets/?id=<xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/@ino:id"/>&amp;type=Aps:AsDesigned/Aps:Specification&amp;name=<xsl:value-of
> select="Aps:Name"/>
>             </xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select="Aps:Name"/>
>             </a>
>           </td>
>         </tr>
>  </xsl:template>
>
>  <xsl:templates match="Aps:TestResult">
>         <tr>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:Name"/></td>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:TopAssemblyName"/></td>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/Aps:PartNumber"/></td>
>
>           <td><xsl:value-of select="Aps:DocumentId"/></td>
>           <td><a><xsl:attribute
> name="href">/assist/model/apsVpmSheets/?id=<xsl:value-of
> select="ancestor::Aps:PartStructure/@ino:id"/>&amp;type=Aps:AsBuilt/Aps:TestResult&amp;name=<xsl:value-of
> select="Aps:Name"/>
>             </xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select="Aps:Name"/>
>             </a>
>           </td>
>         </tr>
>  </xsl:template>
>
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