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RE: [xsl] Template to return XML

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Hi,

> I need a template to return a subset of XML from the xml 
> source.  I'm trying
> to populate a variable with this information.  How can I do this?
> Example:
> 
> <A>
>     <B>
>         <ASDF/>
>         <QWEA/>
>         <FEASI/>
>     </B>
>     <C/>
> </A>
> 
> 
> So, a template that will return (as an example) <B> and its 
> subset of data.
> Something like
> 
> <xsl:template name="get_subset_xml">
>     .... select the <b> node
> </xsl:template>

If you want get_subset_xml to return the *source nodes*, that isn't possible with XSLT 1.0. You can create a copy of the nodes and return that as a RTF.

> More importantly, how do I assign a variable to this new subset?
> So:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="some_subset" select="get_subset_xml"/>
> 
> where $some_suset is:
>     <B>
>         <ASDF/>
>         <QWEA/>
>         <FEASI/>
>     </B>

  <xsl:variable name="some_subset" select="/A/descendant::*"/>

but it's more than likely you want

  <xsl:variable name="some_subset" select="/A/B"/>

as the former the variable is bound to a set of nodes B, ASDF, QWEA, and FEASI, whereas in the latter it's bound to just the B node and you can access the child nodes by normal tree navigation.

Cheers,

Jarno - Razed In Black: Disintegration (The Cure cover)

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