Hi ,

I want to sort in xslt based on existing set of pattern .

Let me explain with the code:

<Types>
  <Type>
     <Names>
      <Name>Ryan</Name>
     </Names>
      <Address>2344</Address>
   </Type>
    <Type>
      <Names>
       </Name>Timber</Name>
      </Names>
       <Address>1234</Address>
    </Type>
    <Type>
      <Names>
       </Name>Bryan</Name>
      </Names>
       <Address>34</Address>
    </Type>
</Types>

Right now I m just calling it and getting it like (all hyperlinks)

Ryan
Timber 
Bryan

Now I don't want sorting on name but I have existing pattern how I want it to get displayed.Like

Timber
Bryan
Ryan

(Also I don't want to lose the url attached to my names earlier while doing this)

I was thinking of putting earlier value in some array and sort based on the other array where I will store my existing pattern. But I am not sure how to achieve that..

My xslt looks like this now(there can be duplicate names also)

<xsl:for-each select="/Types/Type/Names/Name/text()[generate-id()=generate-id(key('Name',.)[1])]">
<xsl:call-template name="typename">
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for-each>

<xsl:template name="typename">

 <li>
<a href="somelogicforurl"> <xsl:value-of select="."/> </a>
 </li>

</xsl:template>

I am using xsl 1.0