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RE: [xsl] Transforming non structured XML into structured XML with XSLT

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You'll find out all about doing grouping in XSLT at
http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping.

But for a problem like this, if you know Java, it's an awful lot easier to
write a SAX filter that does the job.

Mike Kay
Software AG

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> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> bruno.o.faure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 08 August 2001 14:08
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Transforming non structured XML into
> structured XML with
> XSLT
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to write a XSLT style sheet that transforms a
> non-structured xml
> document to a structured xml document and am in troubles :
>
> My xml documents looks like a flat modelization of a treeview :
>
> <row lib="data1" folder1="A" folder2="C" />
> <row lib="data2" folder1="A" folder2="C" />
> <row lib="data3" folder1="A" folder2="C" />
> <row lib="data1" folder1="A" folder2="D" />
> <row lib="data2" folder1="A" folder2="D" />
> <row lib="data3" folder1="A" folder2="D" />
> <row lib="data1" folder1="B" folder2="E" />
> <row lib="data2" folder1="B" folder2="E" />
> <row lib="data3" folder1="B" folder2="E" />
> <row lib="data1" folder1="B" folder2="F" />
> <row lib="data2" folder1="B" folder2="F" />
> <row lib="data3" folder1="B" folder2="F" />
> <row lib="data1" folder1="B" folder2="G" />
> <row lib="data2" folder1="B" folder2="G" />
> <row lib="data3" folder1="B" folder2="G" />
> <row lib="data1" folder1="B" folder2="H" />
> <row lib="data2" folder1="B" folder2="H" />
> <row lib="data3" folder1="B" folder2="H" />
>
> Basically the first line means that the folder A contains the
> folder C  which contains data1
> And so on for the others
> I would need to transform it in the following structured XML
> document :
>
> <A>
>      <C>
>      <data1/>
>      <data2/>
>      <data3/>
>      </C>
>      <D>
>      <data1/>
>      <data2/>
>      <data3/>
>      </D>
> </A>
> <B>
>      <E>
>      <data1/>
>      <data2/>
>      <data3/>
>      </E>
>      <F>
>      <data1/>
>      <data2/>
>      <data3/>
>      </F>
>      [...]
> </B>
>
> The XML file is dynamically generated so folder names and
> folder depth are not know in advance.
> I can't see how to do that, and I don't event know if it is possible.
>
> Any help, of any sort, would be much appreciated
>
> Regards
>
> --Bruno
>
>
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