XSLT Generate Dynamic Columns for Apache FOP - xslt

Question

I need to make a dynamic table with 3 columns zones
Is better with an example:
I don't know if you are gonna understand this, but the "----" is only to format the table in the post
|--Number--|--Doc--|--Status---------|--Number--|--Doc--|--Status---------|--Number--|--Doc--|--Status--|
|-----11------|1111- |-- _____________---------|--22------- |2222 --|______________----------|---- 33----- |3333- | _______________|
|-----44----- |4444- |-- _____________ -------- |------------|----------|----------|---------|--------------|---------|------------|
My XML:
<Details>
<Detail>
<Number>11</Number>
<Doc>1111</Doc>
</Detail>
<Detail>
<Number>22</Number>
<Doc>2222</Doc>
</Detail>
<Detail>
<Number>33</Number>
<Doc>3333</Doc>
</Detail>
<Detail>
<Number>44</Number>
<Doc>4444</v>
</Detail>
</Details>
I tried to do like following post but I couldn't.
XSLT Generate Dynamic Rows and Columns for Apache FOP

Answer 1

Here's one way with recursion, I did not add "FO" namespaces but you should be able to get there using this. You could also add a test to fill empty cells if you are inclined.
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="Details">
<table>
<xsl:call-template name="rows">
<xsl:with-param name="Details" select="*"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="rows">
<xsl:param name="Details"/>
<row>
<xsl:apply-templates select='$Details[position() < 4]/*'/>
</row>
<xsl:if test="$Details[4]">
<xsl:call-template name="rows">
<xsl:with-param name="Details" select="$Details[position() > 3]"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Number | Doc">
<cell>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</cell>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The output is this using your XML above (I added a few more Detail elements to make sure all was working):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<table>
<row>
<cell>11</cell>
<cell>1111</cell>
<cell>22</cell>
<cell>2222</cell>
<cell>33</cell>
<cell>3333</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell>44</cell>
<cell>4444</cell>
<cell>5</cell>
<cell>55</cell>
<cell>6</cell>
<cell>66</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell>7</cell>
<cell>777</cell>
</row>
</table>