Re: [xsl] Node-sets using <xsl:with-param>

[Mir Farooq Ali <miali@xxxxxxxxx>]

G. Ken Holman wrote:
> If that is your entire stylesheet, then no built-in template rules are 
> engaged between the two above fragments because the right-most step in 
> the select is "*"  (all elements wildcard) and the right-most step in 
> the match is "*" (any element wildcard).
>
> Which processor are you using?  I'm suspecting an implementation problem.
>
> With only the evidence you have posted, I would anticipate the data type 
> of the curnode parameter to be "node set".  I agree the default is 
> "empty string" which would give you the error, but it seems obvious from 
> your fragment that it would only be engaged by the given apply-templates 
> because of your use of modes.  I would think you would only get the 
> error reported if the element being pushed at your stylesheet was pushed 
> without an argument specified for the curnode parameter (as is true for 
> the built-in template rule for elements).
>
> Any template rule in your stylesheet is more important than the built-in 
> template rules ... they *only* get used if you do not supply any 
> template rule for the given node in the given mode.  And when they are 
> used, parameters are not preserved.
>
> Sorry I cannot tell what is wrong from your fragment.  If you post a 
> short XML source file that triggers the error with this stylesheet 
> fragment, then others could try the fragments with different processors.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> ........................... Ken

Thank you for your explanation about built-in templates.

This is the xml source file on which I'm using the stylesheet

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- edited with XML Spy v4.1 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Mir Farooq 
Ali (Computer Science, Virginia Tech) -->
<TM>
    <T Identifier="Manage appointments" Category="abstraction">
        <Type>Group</Type>
        <Prefs>
            <UC>1</UC>
            <UPS>1</UPS>
        </Prefs>
        <ST>
            <T Identifier="Add appointment" Category="abstraction">
                <Type>Group</Type>
                <Prefs>
                    <UC>1</UC>
                    <UPS>2</UPS>
                </Prefs>
                <ST>
                    <T Identifier="Enter Date" Category="interaction">
                        <Type>Edit</Type>
                        <Prefs>
                            <UC>1</UC>
                            <UPS>2</UPS>
                        </Prefs>
                    </T>
                    <T Identifier="Enter Time" Category="interaction">
                        <Type>Edit</Type>
                        <Prefs>
                            <UC>1</UC>
                            <UPS>1</UPS>
                        </Prefs>
                    </T>
                </ST>
            </T>
        </ST>
    </T>
</TM>

and this is the lookup file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TM xmlns:G="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";>
    <TC name="interaction">
        <TTM type="Edit">
            <UCM prefnum="1">
                <UC>Text</UC>
                <UPS>
                    <part prefnum="1"><G:T/></part>
                    <part prefnum="2"><G:L/></part>
                </UPS>
            </UCM>
            <UCM prefnum="2">
                <UC>Inputter</UC>
                <UPS>
                    <part prefnum="1"><G:B/></part>
                </UPS>
            </UCM>
        </TTM>
    </TC>
    <TC name="abstraction">
        <TTM type="Group">
            <UCM prefnum="1">
                <UC/>
                <UPS>
                    <part prefnum="1">
                        <G:TC>
                            <G:L/>
                            <G:Te/>
                        </G:TC>
                    </part>
                    <part prefnum="2"><G:A/></part>
                </UPS>
            </UCM>
        </TTM>
    </TC>
</TM>

I've tried running it with Saxon 7.8 (the latest version) and Xalan. 
Both give similar error messages.

Error at apply-templates on line 41 of file:/D:/apptnew1.xslt:
  Required type of select attribute of xsl:apply-templates is node; 
supplied value is xs:string
Transformation failed: Run-time errors were reported

The output that I want (maybe somebody can point me to a better way of 
doing it) for this input file is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<UI>
    <STR>
        <part class="G:TC" id="Manage_appointments1">
            <part class="G:L" id="Manage_appointments11" />
            <part class="G:Te" id="Manage_appointments12" />
            <part class="G:A" id="Add_appointment1">
                <part class="G:T" id="Enter_Time1" />
                <part class="G:L" id="Enter_Date1"></part>
            </part>
        </part>
    </STR>
</UI>

Thanks,

-Farooq.
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