RE: apply templates with with-param on Xalan

[Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>]

> So now Im unsure how to proceede.  I still dont understand 
> why the parameter is not set up, even though (it seems) the 
> list root element has been correctly matched.  But when I add 
> the /list to the document() call, the parameter is correctly set up. 

The document() function returns a root node (don't confuse this with the
outermost element node, which is sometimes referred to as the root element
or document element). So the call on xsl:apply-templates will result in the
template for the root node being called, with parameters. You've provided no
explicit template for the root node, so the built-in template gets called.
The built-in template does a call on <xsl:apply-templates/> for its
children, i.e. for the <list> element, but without supplying any parameters.
So your match="list" template rule gets called without parameters.

To get the parameters through, you either have to bypass processing the root
node, or you have to process it using a template that passes the parameters
on.

Mike Kay


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