Display nodes depending on date

[jlund]

Hi All,

I am trying to navigate through an xml file using jstl, and display content depending on the date:

<session>
    <sessname>Something</sessname>
    <dates>
        <date>01/01/2010</date>
        <times>
            <starttime>09:00</starttime>
            <endtime>18:00</endtime>
        </times>
    </dates>
    <sessname>Something Else</sessname>
    <dates>
        <date>04/02/2010</date>
        <times>
            <starttime>09:30</starttime>
            <endtime>17:00</endtime>
        </times>
    </dates>
</session>

If the session date falls between a particular date period, I want to display the session information as follows:

<h2>Something</h2>

01/01/2010

09:00 - 18:00

And my code at the moment is:

<x:forEach var="venueSessions" select="$venue/session">	
	<% 
        dates = ""; 
        sessName = (String)pageContext.getAttribute("sessionName");
    %>
    <x:forEach var="eventDates" select="$venueSessions/dates">
        <%-- add each date and time to string dates:
            01/01/2009
            09:00 - 17:00                                                       
            02/01/2009
            09:30 - 17:00 
         --%>
        <x:forEach var="eachEventDate" select="$eventDates/date">
            <c:set var="eventDate" scope="page">
                <x:out select="$eachEventDate" />
            </c:set>
                
            <%													
                String eventDate = (String)pageContext.getAttribute("eventDate");
                if (toDate == null || toDate.equals("")) {
                    toDate = "01/01/9999";
                }
                fromDate = "01/03/2010";
                Date fromDateConverted;
                
                if (fromDate == null || fromDate.equals("")) {
                    fromDateConverted = ddMMyyyy.parse(ddMMyyyy.format(new java.util.Date())); 
                    //fromDateConverted = dateFormat.parse(fromDate);
                } else {
                    fromDateConverted = dateFormat.parse(fromDate);
                }
                
                Date eventDateConverted = dateFormat.parse(eventDate);
                
                Date toDateConverted = dateFormat.parse(toDate);
                if ( (fromDateConverted.before(eventDateConverted) || fromDateConverted.equals(eventDateConverted)) && (toDateConverted.after(eventDateConverted) || toDateConverted.equals(eventDateConverted))) {
                    dates += eventDate + "<br />";	
                }
            %>
        </x:forEach>  
                      
    </x:forEach>
    <%
        if(dates != "")
        {
            //if 'dates' has text then there is a valid session for this date
            sess += "<em>" + sessName + "</em><br />";
            sess += dates;
        }                                                     
    %>                                                
</x:forEach>
<%
    if(sess != "")
    {
        venueDetails += (String)pageContext.getAttribute("venueName") + "<br />";
    }
%>

Any ideas on how to do this would be much appreciated!!

John