Question on XSLT templates -- urgent

[subbukns]

Given below is the xml and xsl code snippet for my web page.
I have used two templates one for filling Medium drop down and another for Priority drop down.

My question is ...

the template match="Priority/PriorityList" --does this execute for both request call and response call??

If it executes...for both ...is there any way to write one generic template which serves for all of the 4 template calls??



XML CODE SNIPPET:
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<Report>
<CasePacketRequest>
<ReqPriority></ReqPriority>
<Priority>
<PriorityList value="E">Expedited</PriorityList>
<PriorityList value="S">Standard</PriorityList>
</Priority>
<ReqMedium></ReqMedium>
<Medium>
<MediumList value="F">Fax</MediumList>
<MediumList value="M">Mail</MediumList>
</Medium>
</CasePacketRequest>
<CasePacketResponse>
<ResPriority></ResPriority>
<Priority>
<PriorityList value="E">Expedited</PriorityList>
<PriorityList value="S">Standard</PriorityList>
</Priority>
<ResMedium></ResMedium>
<Medium>
<MediumList value="F">Fax</MediumList>
<MediumList value="M">Mail</MediumList>
</Medium>
</CasePacketResponse>
</Report>


XSL CODE SNIPPET:
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<select name="selectPriority" class="bodytext" onChange="changeOption(selectedIndex)">
<xsl:apply-templates select="CasePacketRequest/Priority/PriorityList"/>
</select>

<select name="selectMedium" class="bodytext" onChange="changeOption(selectedIndex)">
<option value="">--- Select ---</option>
<xsl:apply-templates select="CasePacketRequest/Medium/MediumList"/>
</select>

<select name="selectPriority" class="bodytext" onChange="changeOption(selectedIndex)">
<xsl:apply-templates select="CasePacketResponse/Priority/PriorityList"/>
</select>

<select name="selectMedium" class="bodytext" onChange="changeOption(selectedIndex)">
<option value="">--- Select ---</option>
<xsl:apply-templates select="CasePacketResponse/Medium/MediumList"/>
</select>


<xsl:template match="Priority/PriorityList">
<option><xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:if test="../ReqPriority=@value">
<xsl:attribute name="selected" />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</option>
</xsl:template >

<xsl:template match="Medium/MediumList">
<option><xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:if test="../ReqMedium=@value">
<xsl:attribute name="selected" />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</option>
</xsl:template >

[jkmyoung]

1. You can shorten the name of the templates to only the name of the node, eg:
<xsl:template match="PriorityList">
This should work as long as you don't have any other PriorityList nodes anywhere else.

2. Your <xsl:if> test clauses are off by one level, as we are in the PriorityList or MediumList node, not it's parent. It should be:
<xsl:if test="@value = ../../ReqPriority">

3. You can merge the 2; the <xsl:if> test would look something like:
<xsl:if test="(name() = 'PriorityList' and @value = ../../ReqPriority) or
(name() = 'MediumList' and @value = ../../ReqMedium)">

4. Use the union | operator to merge the templates. So in total:
<xsl:template match="PriorityList|MediumList">
<option><xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:if test="(name() = 'PriorityList' and @value = ../../ReqPriority) or
(name() = 'MediumList' and @value = ../../ReqMedium)">
<xsl:attribute name="selected" />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</option>
</xsl:template >