Question

So a while back I asked a question here about matching a child of level “file” that has a parent of level “file”. The solution was as follows:

 <xsl:template match="*[@level='file' ]/*[@level='file']"> 

This worked at the time, but I now realize I need to match beyond a second level. So in addition to matching this:

 <c01 level="file">
   <c02 level="file"></c02>
 </c01>

I further need to match this and beyond:

<c01 level="file">
  <c02 level="file">
     <c03 level="file"></c03>
  </c02>
</c01>

In short, is there a way to match ANY node in the document of level “file” that has a direct parent of level “file” no matter the depth? I need this to specify indentation in an xsl-fo document. I really just need my stylesheet to continue indenting children further than their parents.

I hope this make a modicum of sense. Thanks!

Answer 1

//*[@level="file" and ../*[@level="file"]]

This XPath expression matches any node with level="file" whose parent also has level="file". Is it what you need?