XSLT debugging current-group

[PaulHermans]

Is it possible to see the sequence of items belonging the current-group() in the debugger?


Regards,

Paul

[sorin_ristache]

Hello,

Yes, it is possible if the transformation engine does not optimize the body of the xsl:for-each-group so that the value of current-group() is not computed. For example with Saxon 9 you can declare a variable that requests computing the value of the function in the body of the xsl:for-each-group:

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 <xsl:variable name="cg" select="current-group()"/>

and you use the value of the variable in other XSLT instruction in the body of the xsl:for-each-group:

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  <group>

      <xsl:value-of select="$cg"/>

  </group>

In the Variables view you can see the value of current-group() as the value of cg. If you do not use the variable cg in an instruction like xsl:value-of the transformation engine may not compute the variable due to optimizations. The optimizations depend on the transformation engine.


Regards,
Sorin