how to do a continue in an xslt for-each

Question

How to do a continue in an xslt for-each (not exiting the for-each, but rather continue the for-each?

Like:

<xsl:for-each select="asd">

    <xsl:if test="$test1">
        <!--some stuff-->
        <xsl:if test="$test1A">
            <!--CONTINUE()-->
        </xsl:if>
    </xsl:if>

    <xsl:if test="$test2">
        <!--some stuff-->
        <!--CONTINUE()-->
    </xsl:if>

    <!--main stuff-->
</xsl:for-each>

Answer 1

In this specific case, seems you want possibly execute both codes according to a condition. In fact you want to continue from the first if only if $test1A is true.

In this case xsl:choose does not help you. You have to work with pure logic and emulate the wanted behavior:

<xsl:for-each select="asd">
    <xsl:if test="$test1">
        <!--some stuff-->
        <xsl:if test="$test1A">
            <!--CONTINUE()-->
        </xsl:if>
    </xsl:if>
    <xsl:if test="$test2 and not($test1A)">
        <!--some stuff-->
        <!--CONTINUE()-->
    </xsl:if>
    <!--main stuff-->
</xsl:for-each>

Use conditions as above, you will execute the second if only if the nested if in the first branch is false.

Answer 2

Think you need xml:choose and xml:when. xsl:choose element selects one among a number of possible alternatives. So when expression is evaluate to true, it execute that block and then goes to the next loop.