Fwd: multiple/default template modes

[Jonathan Kart <jkart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi All,
>
> I'm not sure if this is a FAQ question, but i've looked and I can't 
> find exactly what I'm trying to do.
>
> I have several xsl templates which may all apply to a certain xml 
> node.  our front-end team uses apply-templates calls to pull out info 
> from the xml file they want.  For example,
>
> <h1> <xsl:apply-templates select="title" mode="normal"/></h1>
>
> if they want an editable version of the title (<input type=text ..../>)
> they use:
>
> <h1> <xsl:apply-templates select="title" mode="editable"/></h1>
>
> Point is, I would like to be able to provide a default mode for 
> different contexts.  Therefore, a call like
> <h1> <xsl:apply-templates select="title" /></h1>  <!-- no mode -->
> would use a default template.  Currently, this is implemented by 
> duplicating the template with no mode.  ie-
> <xsl:template match="title" mode="editable">... xsl here ... 
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="title" mode="normal">... xsl here ... 
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="title">... xsl here ... </xsl:template> <!-- this 
> is a duplicate of either editable or normal depending on context -->
>
> Obviously, this increase the size of our xsl files and is just plain 
> ugly.  Is it possible to have a xsl:template match more than 1 mode?
> The pseudocode of what we want is:
> <xsl:template match="title" mode="editable | normal">... xsl here ... 
> </xsl:template>
> or more like
> <xsl:template match="title" mode="normal | -no mode specified-">... 
> xsl here ... </xsl:template>
>
> I have a feeling this isn't possible from reading the faq's  but i 
> thought i'd throw it out.
>
> Thanks for any help.  In fact, thanks for all the help this list has 
> provided me over the past several months.  As a newcomer to xsl, it 
> has been invaluable to my growth to be in touch with so many 
> intelligent, helpful xsl developers.
>
> Thanks again,
> Jonathan