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RE: assigning <xsl:param> to <xsl:template mode="$">???
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] assigning <xsl:param> to <xsl:template mode="$">???
- From: "Arne Borkowski \(borko.net\)" <arne at borko dot net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 23:03:38 +0200
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Hi Dan,
thanks for this advice. I understood. I will follow your suggestion
and use conditional processing.
Regards, Arne
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Dan Diebolt
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 3:44 AM
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: Re: [xsl] assigning <xsl:param> to <xsl:template mode="$">???
>
>
> name and mode in <xsl:template name="?" mode="?"> are QNames
> name in <xsl:call-template name="?"> is a QName
>
> So you have to supply a fixed name in both cases. If you want
> a parameter/variable to determine what processing is done, you
> are going to have to have some type of conditional in the body
> of the template. I frequently put a variables at the top of
> the style sheet that controls debug output for example. However, you
> have to repeat the logic in every place you want the alternate
> behavior:
>
> <xsl:variable name="mode" select="'one'"/>
> <xsl:template match="?">
> <part of template>
> <xsl:if test="f($mode)"><special processing></xsl:if>
> <more of template>
> <xsl:if test="f($mode)">)"><special processing></xsl:if>
> <more of template>
> </xsl:template>
>
> But this not necessary any worse than repeating the body of a
> template (with perhaps only minor changes) for each mode you
> might want to potentially invoke.
>
> <xsl:template mode="one">
> <a lot of typing repeated in mode two/>
> <a little typing unique to mode one/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template mode="two">
> <a lot of typing repeated in mode one/>
> <a little typing unique to mode two/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>
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