How to select nested node
I'm very new at this and trying to make a change to an existing xslt file. The XML has nested <Item> and <Menu> nodes that pretty much follow this pattern (two levels of <Menu>)
<Menu>
  <Item>
  <Item>
    <Menu>
      <Item>
      <Item>
  <item>
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I only want the top level <Menu> node and everything below it if it is selected.
This almost gets me there:
<xsl:apply-templates select="Menu[descendant-or
The problem then is that I'm not seeing the second-level <Menu> node and its <Item> nodes.
So I tried:
<xsl:apply-templates select="Menu[descendant-or
But that made no difference.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get that second-level <Menu> when the first-level is selected.
Following is the xslt file. The statement referenced above is at line 64.
<Menu>
  <Item>
  <Item>
    <Menu>
      <Item>
      <Item>
  <item>
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I only want the top level <Menu> node and everything below it if it is selected.
This almost gets me there:
<xsl:apply-templates select="Menu[descendant-or
The problem then is that I'm not seeing the second-level <Menu> node and its <Item> nodes.
So I tried:
<xsl:apply-templates select="Menu[descendant-or
But that made no difference.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get that second-level <Menu> when the first-level is selected.
Following is the xslt file. The statement referenced above is at line 64.
<?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="xml" indent="yes"/>
<!--xsl:strip-space elements="*"/-->
<xsl:variable name="controlHash"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="menuConst"><xsl:value-of select="$controlHash"/>_<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlMenuId"/>_</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="masterHash"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="buttonNoScriptLink"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ButtonNoScriptLink"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="slaveMenu"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/IsSlaveControl"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="startLevel"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/StartLevel"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="MenuDataResult/Item"/>
</xsl:template>
<!-- First level <Item> node - there is only one; everything else is contained in it -->
<!-- So this is linking in the css and setting up the div's and their classes -->
<xsl:template match="Item[parent::MenuDataResult]">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="/MenuDataResult/Info/MenuFragment='false'">
<xsl:if test="/MenuDataResult/Info/UseCssHardLink='true'">
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/CssFileName"/></xsl:attribute>
</link>
</xsl:if>
<div>
<xsl:attribute name="class"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/WrappingClassName"/></xsl:attribute>
<div>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="$menuConst"/>0_ekflexmenu</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:if test="/MenuDataResult/Info/EnableMouseOverPopUp = 'true'">
<xsl:attribute name="onmouseover">return (ekFlexMenuPopupMsIn(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onmouseout">return (ekFlexMenuPopupMsOut(event));</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
<div>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_menu_level_0<xsl:text xml:space="preserve"> </xsl:text>ekflexmenu_submenu</xsl:attribute>
<ul>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="$menuConst"/>0_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Item"/>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<xsl:call-template name="addJavascript"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Item"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<!-- (<Item> node that contains a <Menu> node) OR (<Item> node that has ItemType of Submenu) -->
<xsl:template match="Item[child::Menu | ItemType='Submenu']">
<li>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_menu_level_<xsl:value-of select="ItemLevel"/><xsl:text xml:space="preserve"> </xsl:text>ekflexmenu_submenu<xsl:if test="(number(ItemLevel) = number($startLevel))"><xsl:text xml:space="preserve"> </xsl:text>ekflexmenu_startlevel</xsl:if></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="./Menu/MenuIdString"/></xsl:attribute>
<!-- <xsl:apply-templates select="Menu"/> -->
<xsl:apply-templates
select="Menu[descendant-or-self::MenuSelected='true']"/>
</li>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Any <Menu> node -->
<xsl:template name="makelist" match="Menu">
<xsl:call-template name="makeButton" />
<xsl:if test="./Item/Menu[MenuId!=''] | ./Item[ItemId!=''][ItemType!='Submenu'] ">
<ul>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="MenuIdString"/>_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="MenuSelected='true' and /MenuDataResult/Info/EnableSmartOpen='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ChildMenuSelected='true' and /MenuDataResult/Info/EnableSmartOpen='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="/MenuDataResult/Info/StartCollapsed='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items_hidden</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Item"/>
</ul>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Any <Item> node whose ItemType is not Submenu -->
<xsl:template match="Item[ItemType!='Submenu']">
<li>
<xsl:variable name="targetLoc">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="ItemTarget='1'">_blank</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ItemTarget='3'">_parent</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ItemTarget='4'">_top</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>_self</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<a>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="ItemSelected='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_link_selected</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_link</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="ItemType='Javascript'">
<xsl:attribute name="onclick">
Javascript:<xsl:value-of select="ItemLink"/>;return false;
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="href">#NoScroll</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="not(ItemLink='')">
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="ItemLink"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="href">#NoScroll</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:attribute name="target">
<xsl:value-of select="$targetLoc"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:if test="not(ItemImage='')">
<img>
<xsl:attribute name="border">0</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="src">
<xsl:value-of select="ItemImage"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</img>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="not(ItemImageOverride='true')">
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="ItemTitle"/>
</xsl:if>
</a>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Item|Menu"/>
</li>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Applies to any node that matches the if test -->
<!-- In our case, $slave is always False; MenuFragment is always False;
MenuLevel=1 for top-level menus (Cost Savings, HR, Marketing, etc)
MenuLevel=2 for any submenus below those
So this applies whenever all three conditions are NOT met, which in our case is always
This template is called by the "Makelist" template that only applies to <Menu> nodes
So bottom line is that this is used on all of our <Menu> nodes -->
<xsl:template name="makeButton">
<xsl:if test="not((/MenuDataResult/Info/MenuFragment='true') and (MenuLevel = '1') and $slaveMenu='true')">
<a>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="MenuIdString"/>_button</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="tabindex">0</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onkeydown">return (ekFlexMenuKey(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onblur">return (ekFlexMenuMsOut(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onfocus">return (ekFlexMenuMsOvr(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onclick">return (ekFlexMenuClk(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onmouseover">return (ekFlexMenuMsOvr(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onmouseout">return (ekFlexMenuMsOut(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="MenuSelected='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_button_selected</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ChildMenuSelected='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_button_selected</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_button</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="Link=''">
<xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="$buttonNoScriptLink"/><xsl:value-of select="MenuIdString"/></xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="Link"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:if test="not(Image='')">
<img>
<xsl:attribute name="border">0</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="src">
<xsl:value-of select="Image"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</img>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="not(ImageOverride='true')">
<xsl:value-of select="Title"/>
</xsl:if>
</a>
</xsl:if>
<input type="hidden">
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="MenuIdString"/>_parentid</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$slaveMenu='true' and (MenuLevel = '1')">
<xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="$masterHash"/>_<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlMenuId"/>_<xsl:value-of select="ParentId"/></xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="$menuConst"/><xsl:value-of select="ParentId"/></xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</input>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="addJavascript">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
// Pass server control properties, etc., to Javascript:
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray[window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray.length] = "<xsl:value-of select="$menuConst"/>0";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_swRev)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_swRev)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_swRev = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_swRev["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/SWRevision"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_startupSubmenuBranchId)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_startupSubmenuBranchId)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_startupSubmenuBranchId = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_startupSubmenuBranchId["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_autoCollapseBranches)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_autoCollapseBranches)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_autoCollapseBranches = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_autoCollapseBranches["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/AutoCollapseBranches"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_startCollapsed)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_startCollapsed)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_startCollapsed = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_startCollapsed["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/StartCollapsed"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_startWithRootFolderCollapsed)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_startWithRootFolderCollapsed)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_startWithRootFolderCollapsed = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_startWithRootFolderCollapsed["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "false";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_masterControlIdHash)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_masterControlIdHash)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_masterControlIdHash = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_masterControlIdHash["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/>";
<xsl:if test="not($masterHash = '')">
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList = new Array;
}
if ("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/>"]) {
window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>";
}
else {
window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/>"] += ",<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>";
}
</xsl:if>
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxEnabled)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxEnabled)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxEnabled = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxEnabled["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/AjaxEnabled"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxWSPath)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxWSPath)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxWSPath = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxWSPath["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/AppPath"/>webservices/";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_displayXslt)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_displayXslt)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_displayXslt = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_displayXslt["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/XslFileName"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_cacheInterval)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_cacheInterval)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_cacheInterval = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_cacheInterval["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/CacheInterval"/>";
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Add event handler calling functions:
// Test to ensure that ekFlexMenu is valid/reachable (this is needed
// to prevent intermittent Javascript errors that can occur if user
// causes event to fire while page is being torn down (i.e. a link is
// clicked, browser is fetching new page, movement causes mouse-out...):
function ekFlexMenu_IsValid(obj) {
return (("undefined" != typeof obj) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> (null != obj));
}
function ekFlexMenuPopupMsIn(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.mouseIn)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.mouseIn(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuPopupMsOut(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.mouseOut)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.mouseOut(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuKey(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.menuBtnKeyHdlr)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.menuBtnKeyHdlr(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuMsOut(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.menuBtnMouseOutHdlr)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.menuBtnMouseOutHdlr(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuMsOvr(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.menuBtnMouseOverHdlr)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.menuBtnMouseOverHdlr(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuClk(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.menuBtnClickHdlr)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.menuBtnClickHdlr(event));
}
return (true);
}
</script>
<xsl:if test="/MenuDataResult/Info/UseJavascriptHardLink='true'">
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<xsl:attribute name="src"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/AppPath"/>java/ek_flexmenu.js</xsl:attribute>
</script>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
ASKER
Above comment: the item of interest starts at line 495.
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I tried this and get same as before:
<xsl:apply-templates select="descendant::Menu[M
I tried this and it brought down my server!
<xsl:apply-templates select="descendant::Menu[M
<xsl:apply-templates select="descendant::Menu[M
I tried this and it brought down my server!
<xsl:apply-templates select="descendant::Menu[M
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I think it would help if you handcrafted a result file, indicating what exactly you want changed in the result,
since this question is a bit dubious
since this question is a bit dubious
ASKER
Sorry - I have been traveling and have not been able to work on this. I plan to get back to it today. Thanks.
ASKER
It's now over three months later and I haven't been able to work on this and no additonal comments have been added. Time to wrap this up. I am going to ask to just have it closed.
you can't close it just like that sorry,
this question has not proceeded because of your lack of time.
My proposed changes definitely have the desired effect on the 4 or 5 XSLT processors I tested it with,
this question has not proceeded because of your lack of time.
My proposed changes definitely have the desired effect on the 4 or 5 XSLT processors I tested it with,
never had a clear response on what exactly wasn't working in my first response,
and never actually got a serious comment on my second response
"and no additonal comments have been added." of course not, the ball was in your camp
From what I understood in the original questions and the tests I made on the "so called" non working code...
accept: http:#a32959262
assist: http:#a32962819
and never actually got a serious comment on my second response
"and no additonal comments have been added." of course not, the ball was in your camp
From what I understood in the original questions and the tests I made on the "so called" non working code...
accept: http:#a32959262
assist: http:#a32962819
ASKER
Sorry for the confusion. I do admit that this did not move forward due to my lack of time; I never meant to imply otherwise.
ASKER
When the "Marketing" <Menu> node is selected, I'm getting all the <Item> nodes under it but I'm not getting the <Menu> node with title=Level 2 and I do want that and all of its <Item>'s.
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