Dynamic list

Hi All,

I've been fighting with this for a while and now out looking for help.

I am creating a generic template, used to work with XML data model.
Here is how the template looks right now:

<#ftl>

<#-- this will be a Freemarker Template -->
<#noparse><#ftl ns_prefixes={"D":"http://our.site.com/ns"}></#noparse>

<#list .data_model?keys as key>
  <#if .data_model[key]?is_node>
    <#recurse .data_model[key]>
  </#if>
</#list>

<#macro @element>
    <${.node?node_name} <@attributes/><#if
!.node?children?has_content>/</#if>>

    <#if .node?children?size = 1>
        ${r"${"}${varPath}.<@nodePath/>${.node?node_name}${r"}"}
    </#if>

    <#if .node?children?size &gt; 0>
        <#recurse>
    </#if>

    <#if .node?children?has_content>
    </${.node?node_name}>
    </#if>
</#macro>

<#macro @text>
</#macro>

<#macro attributes>
    <#if .node.@@?has_content>
        <@compress single_line=true>
            <#list .node.@@ as attribute>

${attribute?node_name}=${r"${"}${varPath}.<@nodePath/>${.node?node_name}.@${attribute?node_name}${r"}"}
            </#list>
        </@compress>
    </#if>
</#macro>

<#macro nodePath>
    <@compress single_line=true>
        <#list .node?ancestors?reverse as node>
            <#if node?node_type = 'element'>
                ${node?node_name}.<#t>
            </#if>
        </#list>
    </@compress>
</#macro>


And here is where I'm stuck. Sometimes, there are multiple @element's
out there, for example, XML looks like this:
<root>
   <parent>
       <child/>
       <child/>
       <child/>
   </parent>
</root>

With the current template, in the output I'm getting all of the
<child> nodes, and all of them have same variable names, of course.
What I need to do - is create a list of those nodes, so the result is
smth like: <#list nodes as node>${node?node_name}</#list>

How can I create such a list, without breaking the <#macro @element> ?
Or, if this needs to be re-done, what's the best possible way here?

Thanks a bunch for all the help.

- Kirill

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