<choose> (Choose Element)

The choose element wraps if/else blocks into a choose block.

example: 
<choose name="Name1">
	<if name="Name2" func="var" arg="dir" op="equ" val="norm">
	<alg type="snake">
	<param type="grDir" val="tL"/>
	<param type="flowDir" val="row"/>
	<param type="contDir" val="sameDir"/>
	<param type="off" val="ctr"/>
	</alg>
	</if>
	<else name="Name3">
	<alg type="snake">
	<param type="grDir" val="tR"/>
	<param type="flowDir" val="row"/>
	<param type="contDir" val="sameDir"/>
	<param type="off" val="ctr"/>
	</alg>
	</else>
</choose>

In this example, a <choose> element is used to define two different sets of parameters associated with a snake algorithm depending upon the direction in which the user wants the algorithm to flow (RTL or LTR]

Parent Elements

<else> (§5.9.2.12); <forEach> (§5.9.2.14); <if> (§5.9.2.15); <layoutNode> (§5.9.2.19)

Child Elements

Subclause

<else> (Else)

§5.9.2.12

<if> (If)

§5.9.2.15

Attributes

Description

<name> (Name)

A unique name associated with the choose statement.

<choose name="Name1">

...

</choose>

In this example, the <choose> element is named Name1. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the XML Schema string datatype.

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_Choose">
	<sequence>
	<element name="if" type="CT_When" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
	<element name="else" type="CT_Otherwise" minOccurs="0"/>
	</sequence>
	<attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="optional" default=""/>
</complexType>