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[xsl] Re: XML/XSL transformation using XALAN/JAVA

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Thushara

You're on the right track in that you want to find out about following
siblings, but you're trying to use a function (non-existent at that) where
you want to use an axis.

Try:
   <xsl:value-of select="following-sibling::PRODUCTQUALIFIER"/>

This is explained in XPath spec:

  http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#axes

There are some examples of the use of axes:

  http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#location-paths

including a couple with following and preceding siblings.

XPath functions are explained in:

  http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#corelib

The use of these can be a bit strange at first, and the XPath spec is
perhaps not the best place to learn about them. I think there are some
good tutorials around.

You might try, for example:

  http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XPathTutorial/General/examples.html

Examples 15 and 16 seem particularly relevant.

Norman Walsh has a good intro to XPath too:

 http://www.arbortext.com/Think_Tank/XML_Resources/Issue_one/issue_one.html

In working with XPath you need to understand how axes relate to
document structure. Then you need to understand how location
steps are built up, with functions being only a part (generally a lesser
part) of what you want to do.

David Jackson



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