Saxon-ce getting combobox option value - xslt-2.0

I am using Saxon-CE and XSLT 2.0 to generate and manipulate controls on a page. Generating the a combobox is not problem, but I cannot seem to get the value from the combobox's option entries when I change the combo-box. Here is the illustrative XSLT code:
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:ixsl="http://saxonica.com/ns/interactiveXSLT"
extension-element-prefixes="ixsl">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:result-document href="#comboBox">
<select id="myBox">
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">two</option>
</select>
</xsl:result-document>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="select[#id='myBox'] mode=ixsl:onchange">
<xsl:variable name="myVal" select="option/#value'/>
.... code that affects what is displayed ...
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
What I want to do is when the user changes the value of the combbox, the value of the option they select is stored in the variable $myVal. I then use that variable to affect the transformation on the main page. Right now what I have does not work at all (currently it get all the values of all the options, not the one that the user selects).
Ideas?

Try
<xsl:variable name="control" select="."/>
<xsl:variable name="value" select="ixsl:get($control, 'value')"/>
with the namespace declaration xmlns:ixsl="http://saxonica.com/ns/interactiveXSLT"

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Return a value type of element from a function in XSLT

This is my XML
<report>
<format-inputs>
<narrative-entity-ids>
<entity id="28495795" type-cdf-meaning="DIAGNOSES"/>
<entity id="28495741" type-cdf-meaning="DIAGNOSES"/>
<entity id="28495471" type-cdf-meaning="DIAGNOSES"/>
</narrative-entity-ids>
</format-inputs>
</report>
I am creating a function in commonFunction.xslt
<xsl:function name="cdocfx:createEntityIdList" >
<xsl:param name="formatInputsNodes"/>
<xsl:if test="fn:exists(n:report/n:format-inputs)"
<xsl:variable name="entityIdList" as="element()*">
<xsl:for-each select="$formatInputsNodes/n:narrative-entity-ids/n:entity">
<Item><xsl:value-of select="#id"/></Item>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:copy-of select="$entityIdList"/>
</xsl:function>
I am calling this function in other xslt file where commonFunction.xslt was included
<xsl:variable name="entityIdList" select="cdocfx:createEntityIdList(n:report/n:format-inputs)"/>
</xsl:variable>
My question is variable entityIdList should be value type of element but it is having the document-node type how can i achieve this ??
Please provide minimal but complete samples of XML input, XSLT you have, output you want and the one you get together with any exact error messages you have encountered.
I am currently not sure I understand what you want to achieve, if you construct a variable of type element()* you seem to want to construct a sequence of element nodes. Any xsl:value-of however will only output the string values of the selected items in a text node so it is not clear why you first construct elements if you only want to output string values. If you construct nodes and want to output them use xsl:copy-of or xsl:sequence, not xsl:value-of.
To show two examples of writing a function that returns a sequence of elements (i.e. whose result is of type element()*) I have set up https://xsltfiddle.liberty-development.net/3NzcBtE which has two functions
<xsl:function name="mf:ex1">
<xsl:param name="input" as="element()*"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$input">
<item>{ #id }</item>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:function>
<xsl:function name="mf:ex2">
<xsl:param name="input" as="element()*"/>
<xsl:variable name="elements" as="element()*">
<xsl:for-each select="$input">
<item>{ #id }</item>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:sequence select="$elements"/>
</xsl:function>
the first simply directly constructs some result elements in the function body, that way the result is a sequence of element nodes. The second function uses your approach of constructing a sequence of elements nodes in a variable, the proper way to return that variable value then from the function is to use xsl:sequence.
It is not clear at which position of the posted code you think are dealing with a document-node() node.
Note also that
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="fn:exists($formatInputsNodes/n:narrative-entity-ids)">
<xsl:for-each select="$formatInputsNodes/n:narrative-entity-ids/n:entity">
<Item><xsl:value-of select="#id"/></Item>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
can be simplified to
<xsl:for-each select="$formatInputsNodes/n:narrative-entity-ids/n:entity">
<Item><xsl:value-of select="#id"/></Item>
</xsl:for-each>
As you have now presented an XML input that is at least well-formed and some XSLT snippets (that are unfortunately not well-formed and seem to use a namespace although the XML input shown doesn't use one) here is an attempt to morph that into a working sample
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:cdocfx="http://example.com/cdox-functions"
exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
version="3.0">
<xsl:function name="cdocfx:createEntityIdList" >
<xsl:param name="formatInputsNodes"/>
<xsl:variable name="entityIdList" as="element()*">
<xsl:for-each select="$formatInputsNodes/narrative-entity-ids/entity">
<Item><xsl:value-of select="#id"/></Item>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:copy-of select="$entityIdList"/>
</xsl:function>
<xsl:variable name="entityIdList" select="cdocfx:createEntityIdList(report/format-inputs)"/>
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="$entityIdList instance of element()*, $entityIdList" separator=", "/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
https://xsltfiddle.liberty-development.net/pPqsHTW/1
Output there for the check $entityIdList instance of element()* is true so I am not sure why you say you have a document node.

creating a tree structure from a delimited string xslt 2.0

I have a input string looks like below
test1->test2->test3
I want to build a tree structure like the below.
-test1
+test2
How can I convert the string to tree structure using xslt 2.0.
The following stylesheet splits the string into a sequence of strings using tokenize() and then recursively calls the "nest" template to create an element for the first item in the sequence and then call the template with the remaining strings to generate the nested elements.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
exclude-result-prefixes="xs"
version="2.0">
<xsl:output indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="delimited-input" select="'test1->test2->test3'"/>
<xsl:call-template name="nest">
<xsl:with-param name="names" select="tokenize($delimited-input, '->')"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="nest" as="element()*">
<xsl:param name="names" as="xs:string*"/>
<xsl:if test="exists($names)">
<xsl:variable name="head" select="$names[position() = 1]"/>
<xsl:element name="{$head}">
<xsl:call-template name="nest">
<xsl:with-param name="names" select="$names[position() > 1]"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Produces the following nested element structure:
<test1>
<test2>
<test3/>
</test2>
</test1>
Assuming that you want to produce HTML, adjust to generate <div> or whatever specific elements necessary.

Using Saxon-ce to display filtered output via a combobox

I am trying to set up a combobox with Saxon-ce whose value filters the display of items in an xml. Here is a sample of the code I have so far.
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:ext="http://exslt.org/common"
xmlns:ixsl="http://saxonica.com/ns/interactiveXSLT"
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
extension-element-prefixes="ixsl">
<xsl:template match="/">
<!-- set up combo box -->
<xsl:result-document href="#typeControl">
<xsl:text>Type: </xsl:text>
<select class="menuSub_monster" id="typeBox">
<option value="all" selected="'all'">Unsorted</option>
<option value="group">Sorted</option>
<option value="value1">Value1</option>
<option value="value2">Value2</option>
</select>
</xsl:result-document>
<!-- inital display -->
<xsl:call-template name="displayTemplates">
<xsl:with-param name="typeSel" select="'all'"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Change display when we change combo box -->
<xsl:template match="select[#id='typeBox']" mode="ixsl:onchange">
<xsl:variable name="control" select="."/>
<xsl:variable name="typeValue" select="ixsl:get($control,'value')" />
<xsl:call-template name="displayTemplates">
<xsl:with-param name="typeSel" select="$typeValue"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<!-- display routine -->
<xsl:template name="displayTemplates">
<xsl:param name="typeSel"/>
<xsl:result-document href="#display" method="ixsl:replace-content" >
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$typeSel='all'">
<xsl:for-each select="templates/template">
<xsl:sort select="sort_name"/>
... CODE FOR DISPLAY
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$typeSel='group'">
... CODE FOR DISPLAY
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:for-each select="templates/template/types[type[text()=$typeSel]]">
<xsl:sort select="../sort_name"/>
...CODE FOR DISPLAY
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</div>
</xsl:result-document>
</xsl:template>
The issue I am having is calling the template displayTemplates when the combobox changes value. My transition to the context templates/template is not working since this is part of the XML I am calling with this style sheet. However, match="select[#id='typeBox']" sets the context to an object not in the XML. How can I change my context from the combobox to my XML so the for-each statements in the display routine work correctly?
One way: bind a variable to some node in your XML from which you can successfully navigate to where you need to go. Then use a reference to that variable to move the context back to the other document. (There may be more elegant ways.)

Saxon-ce dynamic xpath evaluation

I am trying to evaluate a dynamic xpath using ixsl:eval() in Saxon-ce with xslt 2.0 but does not seem to be working. Here is the illustrative XML
<things>
<thing>
<name>widget one</name>
<number>10</number>
<type>metal</type>
<subtypes>
<subtype>red<subtype>
</subtypes>
</thing>
<thing>
<name>widget two</name>
<number>11</number>
<type>wood</type>
<subtypes>
<subtype>red</subtype>
<subtype>blue</subtype>
</subtypes>
</thing>
</things>
and a piece of the xsl 2.0 style sheet I am trying to eval (the various parameters are passed by another part of the larger xsl stylesheet)
<template name="display" match="things">
<xsl:param name="num"/>
<xsl:param name="type" as="xs:string"/>
<xsl:param name="subtype" as="xs:string"/>
<xsl:variable name="xpathExp" as="xs:string">
<xsl:text>things/thing</xsl:text>
<xsl:if test="not($num = 'all')>
<xsl:copy-of select="concat('[number=',$num,']')"/>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="not($type = 'all')>
<xsl:copy-of select="concat('[type=''',$type,''']')"/>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="note($subtype = 'all')>
<xsl:copy-of select="concat('[subtype/subtypes=''',$subtype,''']')/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:result-document href="#display" method="ixsl:replace-content">
<xsl:for-each select="ixsl:eval($xpathExp)">
<xsl:sort select="name"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</template>
When I replace the eval statement with a explicit xpath statement the code works, so for some reason the eval on $xpathExp is not working. Ideas?
* Edit *
Here is a better XML example:
<things>
<thing>
<name>widget one</name>
<number>10</number>
<type>metal</type>
<subtypes>
<subtype>red<subtype>
</subtypes>
</thing>
<thing>
<name>widget two</name>
<number>11</number>
<type>wood</type>
<subtypes>
<subtype>red</subtype>
<subtype>blue</subtype>
</subtypes>
</thing>
<thing>
<name>widget three</name>
<number>11</number>
<type>metal</type>
<subtypes>
<subtype>blue</subtype>
</subtypes>
</thing>
</things>
The user can select values via dropboxes for number, type and subtype. Depending on the user's selection, a list of thing names is displayed. So for example, if the user selects a number of 11 and the subtype of red it would just display widget two. If they select instead a subtype of blue it would display the name of widgets two and three.
So the base xpath filter is things/thing. If the user selects a number value I want to append [number=$num] to the xpath expression so ti would be things/thing[number=$num]. If they select more than one item, lets say number and type, [number=$num][type=$type] would be appended to the base xpath and I would have things/thing[number=$num][type=$type].
Basically what I trying to avoid is having to individually code all possible permutations and combinations of possible user selections.
Does that help?
The ixsl:eval function is for dynamic evaluation of JavaScript, not XPath. From the Saxon-CE documentation:
...Executes Javascript code, supplied as a string. The supplied script is
injected into the DOM as a function which is evaluated immediately to
return a result.
For the code sample you provide, dynamic evaluation is not required. Only certain classes of XSLT application actually require dynamic XPath evaluation.
In the few cases where dynamic XPath evaluation is required, Saxon-CE has no built-in capability, so instead of just building an XPath dynamically, you would need to generate a simple 'wrapper' XSLT and execute this using the Saxon-CE JavaSCript API. This technique is used in the PathEnq online XPath 2.0 evaluator.
The following code achieves something similar to your code using a single 'static' XPath expression - in this example, a further template is applied to the required 'thing' element to create usable HTML:
rendered code (syntax-highlighted and formatted)
source code:
<xsl:transform
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:ixsl="http://saxonica.com/ns/interactiveXSLT"
xmlns:js="http://saxonica.com/ns/globalJS"
xmlns:prop="http://saxonica.com/ns/html-property"
xmlns:style="http://saxonica.com/ns/html-style-property"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
exclude-result-prefixes="xs prop"
extension-element-prefixes="ixsl"
version="2.0"
>
<xsl:template name="main" match="/">
<xsl:call-template name="display"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="display">
<xsl:param name="num" as="xs:string" select="'none'"/>
<xsl:param name="type" as="xs:string" select="'all'"/>
<xsl:param name="subtype" as="xs:string" select="'red'"/>
<xsl:variable name="thingsEl" select="things" as="element(things)"/>
<xsl:variable name="widget" as="element()+"
select="if ($num eq 'all')
then $thingsEl/thing[number = $num]
else if ($type ne 'all')
then $thingsEl/thing[type = $type]
else $thingsEl/thing[subtypes/subtype = $subtype]"/>
<xsl:result-document href="#display" method="append-content">
<xsl:apply-templates select="$widget">
<xsl:sort select="name"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:result-document>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="thing">
<ol>
<li>name: <xsl:value-of select="name"/></li>
<li>number: <xsl:value-of select="number"/></li>
<li>type: <xsl:value-of select="type"/></li>
<li>subtypes:
<ol>
<xsl:apply-templates select="subtypes/subtype"/>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="subtype">
<li><xsl:value-of select="."/></li>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>
The HTML output (outerHTML view of the 'display' div element)
<div id="display">
<ol>
<li>name: widget one</li>
<li>number: 10</li>
<li>type: metal</li>
<li>subtypes:
<ol>
<li>red</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>name: widget two</li>
<li>number: 11</li>
<li>type: wood</li>
<li>subtypes:
<ol>
<li>red</li>
<li>blue</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>
</div>

Eliminate line-breaks with XSLT 2.0 analyze-string

I use the XSLT 2.0 element analyze-string in a stylesheet that transforms XML to HTML; specifically, I use it to convert string encoding for subscripts in chemical formulae to HTML subscripts. Therefore, the result is a string, to go in a p or td element, with embedded mark-up.
The transformation is supposed to produce output like H2O but in fact inserts a line-break in the HTML:
H
<sub>2</sub>O
and this break is (correctly) interpreted by the browser as a space:
H
2O
which is ugly.
Is there a way to remove the line-break? I've tried putting the whole analyze-string element on one line and that doesn't work.
The input would be something like
<OrdinaryStructralFormula>H$_2$O</OrdinaryStructuralFormula>
for a simple case and
<OrdinaryStructralFormula>C$_2$OH$_5$$^-</OrdinaryStructuralFormula>
for a more-complicated one. Note that the subscript pattern can match multiple times in the general case and can be either in the middle or at the end of the string. The pattern also has to match and eliminate any notation for charge: the $^- bit at the end of the second example.
The XSLT processor is Saxon 9.4 and the XSLT template follows.
<xsl:template name="formula">
<xsl:param name="formula"/>
<xsl:if test="$formula">
<xsl:variable name="f" select="translate($formula, '$', '')"/>
<xsl:analyze-string select="$f" regex="(_)(\d+)|(\^)\d*\+|(\^)\d*\-">
<xsl:matching-substring>
<xsl:if test="regex-group(1)='_'">
<sub><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(2)"/></sub>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:matching-substring>
<xsl:non-matching-substring>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:non-matching-substring>
</xsl:analyze-string>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
I cannot reproduce the reported result.
This transformation (which is what you should have given us, but you only provided a template):
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:call-template name="formula">
<xsl:with-param name="formula" select="/*"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="formula">
<xsl:param name="formula"/>
<xsl:if test="$formula">
<xsl:variable name="f" select="translate($formula, '$', '')"/>
<xsl:analyze-string select="$f" regex="(_)(\d+)|(\^)\d*\+|(\^)\d*\-">
<xsl:matching-substring>
<xsl:if test="regex-group(1)='_'">
<sub><xsl:value-of select="regex-group(2)"/></sub>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:matching-substring>
<xsl:non-matching-substring>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:non-matching-substring>
</xsl:analyze-string>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
when applied on the following XML document with Saxon 9.1.05:
<formula>H$_2$O</formula>
produces the wanted, correct result:
H<sub>2</sub>O
When the same transformation is applied on the second XML document:
<OrdinaryStructuralFormula>C$_2$OH$_5$$^-</OrdinaryStructuralFormula>
Again the wanted correct result is produced:
C<sub>2</sub>OH<sub>5</sub>
Do note: I ran the same transformations with two other XSLT 2.0 processors: XQSharp (XMLPrime) and AltovaXML (XML-SPY) and got exactly the same, correct results.

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