Re: [xsl] named template that returns xpath expression

[Eike Jordan <jordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eike Jordan wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your suggestion.
>
>
>    <xsl:template name="this">
>
>      <xsl:for-each select="ancestor-or-self::*">
>        <xsl:text>/</xsl:text><xsl:value-of 
> select="name()"/>[<xsl:number/>]<xsl:text/>
>      </xsl:for-each>
>
>    </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template match="paragraph">
>     <xsl:variable name="location">
>       <xsl:call-template name="this"/>
>     </xsl:variable>
>      <xsl:choose>
>        <xsl:when test="@mode='note'">
>          <div class="note">
>            <a>
>              <xsl:attribute name="href">
>                <xsl:value-of select="$location"/>
>              </xsl:attribute>
>            </a>
>          </div>
>        </xsl:when>
>        <xsl:otherwise>
>          <p><xsl:apply-templates /></p>
>        </xsl:otherwise>
>      </xsl:choose>
>    </xsl:template>
>
> works as desired.

But not with Xalan :-(. Is there anybody who knows the reason for
this?

Saxon (6.3) output:

<div class="note">
  <a href="/glossary[1]/glossentry[1]/glossdef[1]/paragraph[2]">paragraph</a>
</div>

Xalan (2.1.0) output

<div class="note">
  <a href="/glossary[]/glossentry[]/glossdef[]/paragraph[]">paragraph</a>
</div>

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