Re: [xsl] using a parameter to modify part of the file path in document(...) function

["Tracey Zellmann" <tracey.zellmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was able to resolve this.

I needed to include in my stylesheet
<xsl:param name="buidlingDataFile"/>

Not exactly sure why I need this in this case, but not in others.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracey Zellmann" <tracey.zellmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] using a parameter to modify part of the file path in 
document(...) function


> Thanks.
>
> However, I can not quite get it to work. I must be doing something wrong.
>
> I have this in my transformer set-up:
> transformer.setParameter("buildingDataFile", this.buildingDataName);
> where this.buidingDataName is "TownHouseData"
>
> Then, in my style sheet I have, as you suggested,
> <xsl:variable name="list" select="document(concat('../', 
> $buildingDataFile, '/inputXML/storyPages.xml'))"/>
>
> However, I get this error message, stating that the variable, 
> $buildingDataFile has not been declared.
>
> Error at xsl:variable on line 15 of 
> file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Tracey/workspace/LibraryProject/xslt/stories.xsl:
> XPST0008: XPath syntax error at char 40 on line 15 in {...le, 
> '/inputXML/storyPages.x...}:
> Variable $buildingDataFile has not been declared
>
> In other cases, I have been able to make use of transformer parameters 
> into the html part of  astylesheet with something like this:
> <li><a href="../index.html" title="{$buildingTitle}"> , where 
> buildingTitle was a transformer parameter,
> but, as I said before, whenever I try to get a parameter into a quoted 
> function, I get into trouble.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> There is a more going on in the stylesheet, but nothing really before this 
> line, so I haven't included it.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:23 AM
> Subject: RE: [xsl] using a parameter to modify part of the file path in 
> document(...) function
>
>
> > Change your call on document() to
> >
> > document(concat('../', $buildingDataFile, 
> > '/inputXML/buildingStories.xml'))
> >
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tracey Zellmann [mailto:tracey.zellmann@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 16 September 2006 20:09
> > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [xsl] using a parameter to modify part of the
> > > file path in document(...) function
> > >
> > > I am using XSLT 2.0 and JAVA 1.5.0_07 and the Saxon B
> > > net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl Transformer.
> > >
> > > In my style sheet, I currently import an xml document
> > > <xsl:variable name="list"
> > > select="document('../inputXml/storyPages.xml')"/>
> > >
> > > Now that everything works, I want to change my input file
> > > arrangements and use different documents, each named
> > > storyPages.xml, but from different directories.
> > >
> > > examples:
> > >
> > > ../TownHouseData/inputXML/buildingStories.xml
> > > ../MiddlesexHotelData/inputXML/buildingStories.xml
> > > ../DamonMillData/inputXML/buildingStories.xml
> > >
> > > and so forth.
> > >
> > > I can set a parameter in my java program,
> > > transformer.setParameter("buildingDataFile", "TownHouseData");
> > >
> > > and use a different setting for the other buildings.
> > >
> > > My problem is that I always get confused in XSLT using
> > > variables and parameters inside double and single quoted strings.
> > >
> > > What is a clean syntax for accomplishing this?