Question

I need to transform an xml to some custom xml format.

In the new format i would have many sections node and for each node i am creating a unique id using:

<xsl:attribute name="identifier">
                <xsl:variable name="uid" select="util:randomUUID()"/>A<xsl:value-of select="util:toString($uid)"/>
</xsl:attribute>

I need a way to store all of these Ids in a list or array so that i can refer it back from some other template and use them in for-each loop.

Is there a way to do this with xsl?

Thanks for any help

Answer 1

Have these globally declared:

<xsl:variable name="vrtfRandList">
 <xsl:for-each select="yourNodeSet">
  <rand><xsl:value-of select="util:randomUUID()"/></rand>
 </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="vRandlist" select="ext:node-set($vrtfRandList)/*"/>

Then later use:

$vRandlist[$k]

Using XSLT 2.0:

<xsl:variable name="vRandlist" as="xs:integer*"
     select="for $i in 1 to count(yourNodeSet)
              return 
                 util:randomUUID()
            "/>