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XLST OPML - How to determine if at first element

Asked by rdegster in XPath, Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT)

Tags: XML XSLT OPML

I have an OPML xml file. I am getting the child nodes via template matches an iterating through using a XSLT for-each  to display data in the nodes in a HTML list. What I need to do is to use a different div class for the first node in the list.

For example:
<ul id="mainnav">
            <li class="first">
                  <a href="http://.../">About Us</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                     <a href="http://...">Courses</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                  <a href="http:...">Registration</a>
            </li>
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Here is a sample of my OPML:
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<opml version="2.0">
    <head>
        <title>l</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <outline text="blah blah blah" type="link">
            <outline text="About Us" type="link"
                url="http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2009-10/about/">
                <outline text="blah blah blah"
                    url="http://www.whatever.com"/>
                <outline text="Profiles" type="link"
                    url="http://www..../"/>
             ...
 
I match on <xsl:apply-templates select="/opml/body/outline" mode="top_navigation"/>
and within the top_navigation mode:
 
<xsl:template match="outline" mode="top_navigation">
 
<xsl:for-each select="outline">
     In here I am going to display child node data in a html ul list, but the first nod eneeds to be a different div class. How can I test if its the first time through the loop, or should I not be using afor-each select ?	
</xsl:for-each>
 
 
What I need to do is while I'm am iterating figure out if I am at the first node. I am going to display the child elements in an HTML list, but I need the first node to be a different <dv> class.
 
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