Re: How can I declare node sets explicitly?

[Eric van der Vlist <vdv at dyomedea dot com>]

Matthias,

"Matthias O. Will" wrote:
> 
> Kay Michael wrote:
> 
> > The select attribute of xsl:apply-templates must be a node-set, not a string.
> >
> I would like to specify a node set explicity and declare it in a
> variable. For the moment, I am doing something like,
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates="(field1)|(field2)|(field3)"/>
> 
> but in order to provide easier extensibility, I would like to declare
> this elsewhere. However, as you pointed out,

Depending of what kind of extensibility you are looking for ;=) you may
consider defining your list of field as an entity...

for instance:

<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
<!ENTITY fields "(field1)|(field2)|(field3)">
]>

and then

<xsl:apply-templates="&fields;"/>

Hope this helps.

Eric
> 
> <xsl:variable name="local_field">
>     (field1)|(field2)|field3)
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> won't work because then $local_field is a string and not a node set.
> 
> Do you have any suggestion for me?
> 
> Thanks for your help and best regards,
> Matthias
> 
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