Subject: Re: question about call-template From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:14:00 +0100 |
Hi Mike, The idea of using the xsl sheet as a "normal" document : > <xsl:apply-templates select="document('')/*/xsl:template[@name=$tname]"/> is really powerful... I hadn't noticed this point in the XSLT recommendations before your post. Thanks for bringing it to our attention ! Eric Kay Michael wrote: > > > I can't find a way to pass the *name* of a template to > > another template, and then call that template by that name. > > Can't be done with call-template, except by an xsl:choose instruction that > lists all the possibilities. > > You could achieve the effect with apply-templates with a bit of deviousness. > > Change your named template from > <xsl:template name="xyz"> > to > <xsl:template name="xyz" match="xsl:template[@name='xyz']"/> > > and call it like this: > <xsl:variable name="tname" select="'xyz'"/> > <xsl:apply-templates select="document('')/*/xsl:template[@name=$tname]"/> > > However, this will change the current node and node list; if the named > template needs these, they'll have to be passed as parameters. > > I suspect if you go back to the original problem, there is a better solution > than this. > > Mike Kay > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric van der Vlist Dyomedea http://www.dyomedea.com http://www.ducotede.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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