Re: [xsl] Using Variable in Template Matching....

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg dot heinicke at gmx dot de>]

>>> Can i do
>>>    <xsl:apply-templates match="$param"/>
>>>
>>> and....
>>>
>>>     <xsl:template match="$param"/>
>>>
> On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 Michael Kay wrote :
>
>> What is the value of the parameter? A node-set? An element name? A
>> general XPath expression?
>>
Prince Ohilip wrote:
>  It is an Element Name
That's worst case. Because you can write

<xsl:apply-templates select="*[name() = $param]"/>

but not

<xsl:template match="*[name() = $param]"/>

Either you have a limited count of possibilities for $param and have a 
template for each possibility:

<xsl:template match="foo"/>

<xsl:template match="bar"/>

and so on.

Or you have a common template and switch in it to different processings:

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="name() = $param">
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

It's dependent on what you want to do with the different param values.

Regards,

Joerg


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