Subject: Re: [xsl] JavaScript access to <xsl:script> results From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:32:42 +0000 |
Hi Brian, > Thanks... if I couldn't do it my way (and apparently I can't), I was > going to do the little rewrite using the DOM and calculate the > values directly from the XML data. > > If I do this, however, what the heck do I need XSL for? > Seems more trouble than it's worth... WD-XSL (which is what you're using) is always more trouble than it's worth! XSLT is more trouble than it's worth if all you're using XSLT for is a wrapper around JavaScript functions. What XSLT is good at is transforming XML into another text-based format, especially a different markup language. If you were creating your pie charts in SVG, for example, then XSLT would be a good tool for the job. I was going to say "perfect" but unfortunately XPath doesn't have much in the way of support for trigonometric functions, which you need in order to create pie charts in SVG - implementing trigonometric extension functions is a good use for JavaScript within XSLT (see http://www.exslt.org/math/). Cheers, Jeni --- Jeni Tennison http://www.jenitennison.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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