Summary This snippet contains the code to build an XPath expression that when evaluated results in the node, used as argument.

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<xsl:stylesheet version='1.0' xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform' xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" > <xsl:output method="text"/> <xsl:variable name="theParmNodes" select="//namespace::*[local-name() = 'myNamespace'~"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:variable name="theResult"> <xsl:for-each select="$theParmNodes"> <xsl:variable name="theNode" select="."/> <xsl:for-each select="$theNode | $theNode/ancestor-or-self::node()[..~"> <xsl:element name="slash">/</xsl:element> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="self::*"> <xsl:element name="nodeName"> <xsl:value-of select="name()"/> <xsl:variable name="thisPosition" select="count(preceding-sibling::*[name(current()) = name()~)"/> <xsl:variable name="numFollowing" select="count(following-sibling::*[name(current()) = name()~)"/> <xsl:if test="$thisPosition + $numFollowing > 0"> <xsl:value-of select="concat('[', $thisPosition + 1, '~')"/> </xsl:if> </xsl:element> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <!-- This node is not an element --> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="count(. | ../@*) = count(../@*)"> <!-- Attribute --> <xsl:element name="nodeName"> <xsl:value-of select="concat('@',name())"/> </xsl:element> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="self::text()"> <!-- Text --> <xsl:element name="nodeName"> <xsl:value-of select="'text()'"/> <xsl:variable name="thisPosition" select="count(preceding-sibling::text())"/> <xsl:variable name="numFollowing" select="count(following-sibling::text())"/> <xsl:if test="$thisPosition + $numFollowing > 0"> <xsl:value-of select="concat('[', $thisPosition + 1, '~')"/> </xsl:if> </xsl:element> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="self::processing-instruction()"> <!-- Processing Instruction --> <xsl:element name="nodeName"> <xsl:value-of select="'processing-instruction()'"/> <xsl:variable name="thisPosition" select="count(preceding-sibling::processing-instruction())"/> <xsl:variable name="numFollowing" select="count(following-sibling::processing-instruction())"/> <xsl:if test="$thisPosition + $numFollowing > 0"> <xsl:value-of select="concat('[', $thisPosition + 1, '~')"/> </xsl:if> </xsl:element> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="self::comment()"> <!-- Comment --> <xsl:element name="nodeName"> <xsl:value-of select="'comment()'"/> <xsl:variable name="thisPosition" select="count(preceding-sibling::comment())"/> <xsl:variable name="numFollowing" select="count(following-sibling::comment())"/> <xsl:if test="$thisPosition + $numFollowing > 0"> <xsl:value-of select="concat('[', $thisPosition + 1, '~')"/> </xsl:if> </xsl:element> </xsl:when> <!-- Namespace: --> <xsl:when test="count(. | ../namespace::*) = count(../namespace::*)"> <xsl:variable name="apos">'</xsl:variable> <xsl:element name="nodeName"> <xsl:value-of select="concat('namespace::*', '[local-name() = ', $apos, local-name(), $apos, '~')"/> </xsl:element> </xsl:when> </xsl:choose> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:for-each> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:variable> <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($theResult)"/> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>

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