Re: testing the current node in IF statements

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

At 02:01 PM 2/4/00 -0000, Peter Bennet wrote:
>what I really want to do now is use the same idea for the node itself
>i.e..
>
><xsl:template match="book | chapter">
>	<xsl:if test="self='book'">
>			instructions
>	</xsl:if>
>	<xsl:if test="self='chapter'">
>			different instructions
>	</xsl:if>
>			some instructions common to both
></xsl:template>
>...

Well, a way to do what you want would be to resort to string testing
against the nefarious local-name(), as in:

<xsl:template match="book | chapter">
	<xsl:if test="local-name()='book'">
			instructions
	</xsl:if>
	<xsl:if test="local-name()='chapter'">
			different instructions
	</xsl:if>
			some instructions common to both
</xsl:template>

But a better way to achieve the same result might be to split your logic
into separate templates after all:

<xsl:template name="common-instructions">
  some instructions common to both
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="book">
  book instructions
  <xsl:call-template name="common-instructions"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="chapter">
  chapter instructions
  <xsl:call-template name="common-instructions"/>
</xsl:template>

Have fun--
Wendell Piez



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