[xsl] Passing a variable number of parameters to a named-template

[Chris Gow <cgow at digitalfairway dot com>]

What I would like to do is duplicate what programming languages have:  pass 
a number of parameters (or some similar mechanism) to a template without 
knowing how many parameters were actually passed.  For example, JavaScript 
has the arguments array and Java allows you to pass an array of 
objects.  Can I implement something similar in XSL?  I did a search in the 
archives and didn't find anything along the same lines as what I am looking 
for (which is surprising, I think).

What kind of want is:

<!-- create the 'array' -->
<xsl:variable name="parameter">
    <sometag>value</sometag>
    <sometag>value1</sometag>
    <sometag>value2</sometag>
 
<sometag>value3</sometag>
    <sometag>value4</sometag>
 
<sometag>value5</sometag>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:call-template name="VariableNumberOfValues">
     <!--pass the 'array' -->
    <xsl:with-param name="param"><xsl:value-of 
select="$parameter"/></xsl:with-param>
</xsl:call-template>


<xsl:template name="VariableNumberOfValues">
    <!-- iterate over the 'array' -->
    <xsl:param name="param"/>
   <xsl:for-each select ="$param/*">
        <!--process each element in param -->
    </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>


Or something along the lines above?


Thanks


Chris



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