Re: [xsl] Naming styles

Subject: Re: [xsl] Naming styles
From: xptm@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:44:09 +0100
Ah, now i see the light... :):)

Ok, per your explanation it seems i'll be better for me to use imports. The
question i've made about the bad practice will not stand with that aproach.

Thanks for your insight.


Quoting David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>:

>
>
> > Indeed i'm using only includes, not imports. However, i thought that the
> two are
> > basicaly the same, the only diference being their precedence, concept
that
> i
> > don't understand completly.
>
>
> xsl:include is more or less the same as taking the body of the styleseet
> you are including (ie everything inside xsl:stylesheet) and sticking it
> at the point that the xsl:include appears.
>
> so if you include two variable definitions for the same variable (or two
> templates matching the same thing) that is an error, just as if those
> clashing declarations had appeared directly in a single stylesheet.
>
> xsl:import on the other hand has the import precedence feature, the
> exact details of which are slightly baroque but the basic idea is
> simple: any definitions in the importing styleseet are allowed to
> conflict (and over-ride) definitions in the imported styleseet.
>
> the idea being that if you want to import some common (or publicly
> accessible) styleseet but make some changes you can import it then just
> definie whatever variables or templates you want to define and your
> definitions will win.
>
> David
>
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