XSLT templates and recursion
- by user333411
Hi All,
Im new to XSLT and am having some problems trying to format an XML document which has recursive nodes.
My XML Code:
Hopefully my XML shows:
All <item> are nested with <items>
An item can have either just attributes, or sub nodes
The level to which <item> nodes are nested can be infinently deep
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <items>
<item groupID="1" name="Home" url="//" />
- <item groupID="2" name="Guides" url="/Guides/">
- <items>
- <item groupID="26" name="Online-Poker-Guide" url="/Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/">
- <items>
- <item>
<id>107</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Poker Betting - Online Poker Betting Structures
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/online-poker-betting-structures
]]>
</url>
</item>
- <item>
<id>114</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Beginners' Poker - Poker Hand Ranking
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/online-poker-hand-ranking
]]>
</url>
</item>
- <item>
<id>115</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Poker Terms - 4th Street and 5th Street
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/online-poker-poker-terms
]]>
</url>
</item>
- <item>
<id>116</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Popular Poker - The Popularity of Texas Hold'em
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/online-poker-popularity-texas-holdem
]]>
</url>
</item>
- <item>
<id>364</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ The Impact of Traditional Poker on Online Poker (and vice versa)
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/online-poker-tradional-vs-online
]]>
</url>
</item>
- <item>
<id>365</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ The Ultimate, Absolute Online Poker Scandal
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/online-poker-scandal
]]>
</url>
</item>
</items>
- <items>
- <item groupID="27" name="Beginners-Poker" url="/Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/">
- <items>
+ <item>
<id>101</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Poker Betting - All-in On the Flop
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/poker-betting-all-in-on-the-flop
]]>
</url>
</item>
+ <item>
<id>102</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Beginners' Poker - Choosing an Online Poker Room
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/beginners-poker-choosing-a-room
]]>
</url>
</item>
+ <item>
<id>105</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Beginners' Poker - Choosing What Type of Poker to Play
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/beginners-poker-choosing-type-to-play
]]>
</url>
</item>
+ <item>
<id>106</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Online Poker - Different Types of Online Poker
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/online-poker
]]>
</url>
</item>
+ <item>
<id>109</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Online Poker - Opening an Account at an Online Poker Site
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/online-poker-opening-an-account
]]>
</url>
</item>
+ <item>
<id>111</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Beginners' Poker - Poker Glossary
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/beginners-poker-glossary
]]>
</url>
</item>
+ <item>
<id>117</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Poker Betting - What is a Blind?
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/poker-betting-what-is-a-blind
]]>
</url>
</item>
- <item>
<id>118</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Poker Betting - What is an Ante?
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/poker-betting-what-is-an-ante
]]>
</url>
</item>
+ <item>
<id>119</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Beginners Poker - What is Bluffing?
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/online-poker-what-is-bluffing
]]>
</url>
</item>
- <item>
<id>120</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Poker Games - What is Community Card Poker?
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/online-poker-what-is-community-card-poker
]]>
</url>
</item>
- <item>
<id>121</id>
- <title>
- <![CDATA[ Online Poker - What is Online Poker?
]]>
</title>
- <url>
- <![CDATA[ /Guides/Online-Poker-Guide/Beginners-Poker/online-poker-what-is-online-poker
]]>
</url>
</item>
</items>
</item>
</items>
</item>
</items>
</item>
</items>
The XSL code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template name="loop">
<xsl:for-each select="items/item">
<ul>
<li><xsl:value-of select="@name" /></li>
<xsl:if test="@name and child::node()">
<ul>
<xsl:for-each select="items/item">
<li><xsl:value-of select="@name" />test</li>
</xsl:for-each>
</ul>
<xsl:call-template name="loop" />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="child::node() and not(@name)">
<xsl:for-each select="/items">
<li><xsl:value-of select="id" /></li>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:if>
</ul>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:for-each select="item/items/item">
<li>hi</li>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/" name="test">
<xsl:call-template name="loop" />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Im trying to write the XSL so that every <items> node will render a <ul> and every <items> node will render an <li>.
The XSL needs to be recursive because i cant tell how deep the nested nodes will go.
Can anyone help?
Regards,
Al
