Hey list,

to refresh an old thread again -- how can this be done in XSLT 1.0?
I don't need an exhaustive solution, just one that would cover the
most common URL syntax.

Martynas
www.xml.lt

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You seem to be using XSLT 2.0 so this is definitely a case for regular
> expressions.
>
> I'm always a bit hesitant about pattern matching in the text - you have to
> accept that there will be a proportion of wrong matches and that these will
> irritate your users. (Microsoft Powerpoint seems to have a nasty habit of
> highlighting XPath expressions and regular expressions as URL hyperlinks,
> for example). So I think it's important (a) to be careful about it, and (b)
> to be conservative.
>
> A reasonable regex might be something like
>
> \s(http://|www)(\.[a-z0-9])+\.(com|org|net|ca|uk|fr|de|...)[^\s]*
>
> but I'm sure one could improve it.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brent Solly [mailto:ultra@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 06 August 2008 15:46
>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject:  Display link text as a hyperlink
>>
>> I have an xml file that contains this character sequence:
>> 'www.gamefaqs.com' .
>>
>> Primary Problem:
>> After I convert the 'www' text to hyperlink format, the xsl
>> displays it as plain text, but I would like to display it has
>> a hyperlink.
>>
>> Secondary:
>> I am aware that the url may also contain subfolders like:
>> www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64   OR different a suffix like
>> www.gamefaqs.ca., but right now I'll focus on .com, but feel
>> free to make suggestions :) .
>>
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>> <rss>
>>    <channel>
>>       <item>
>>          <description>More information on this game can be
>> found at (www.gamefaqs.com)</description>
>>       </item>
>>    </channel>
>> </rss>
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>
>> <xsl:stylesheet
>> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>> version="2.0">
>> <xsl:strip-space elements="*" />
>> <xsl:output method="html" encoding="UTF-8"/>
>>
>>
>> <xsl:template name="globalReplace">
>>   <xsl:param name="outputString"/>
>>   <xsl:param name="target"/>
>>   <xsl:param name="replacement"/>
>>     <xsl:choose>
>>    <!--Begin Test -->
>>    <xsl:when test="contains($outputString,$target)">
>>
>>       <xsl:value-of select=
>>         "concat(substring-before($outputString,$target),
>>                $replacement)"/>
>>       <xsl:call-template name="globalReplace">
>>         <xsl:with-param name="outputString"
>>              select="substring-after($outputString,$target)"/>
>>         <xsl:with-param name="target" select="$target"/>
>>         <xsl:with-param name="replacement"
>>              select="$replacement"/>
>>       </xsl:call-template>
>>     </xsl:when>
>>    <!--End Test-->
>>
>>     <xsl:otherwise>
>>       <xsl:value-of select="$outputString"/>
>>     </xsl:otherwise>
>>
>>   </xsl:choose>
>> </xsl:template>
>> <xsl:template match="rss">
>>   <xsl:call-template name="globalReplace">
>>   <xsl:with-param name="outputString" select="."/>
>>   <xsl:with-param name="target" select="'www'"/>
>>   <xsl:with-param name="replacement" select="concat('&lt;a
>> href=&#34;http://www',substring-before(substring-after(.,'www'
>> ),substring-after(.,'com')),'&#34;&gt;',substring-before(subst
>> ring-after(.,'www.'),'.com'),'&lt;/a&gt;')"/>
>>
>>   </xsl:call-template>
>> </xsl:template>
>>
>>
>> </xsl:stylesheet>