Re: [xsl] stylesheet expansion

[Geert Bormans <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Abel,

Thanks for answering

> I assume you'd want the expanded stylesheet to obey the import 
> precedence rules?

Correct, and I know it is not trivial
and I am not sure this can be done with a stylesheet
I assume there is some complex processing involved

> If you know of one specific set where the precedence is apparent 
> (i.e., only on the / match, and the rest is inside the modes you 
> mention), perhaps an if/when like construct in your main 
> concatenated stylesheet would suffice.

I was already thinking in those terms
I just have to drop all the serialization information
and deal with the templates with match="/"
... I could simply not copy them over

I just wanted to make sure there isn't a simple tool available somewhere
(I could always try to compile the stylesheet)


> May I ask why you want them all together? It seems to me that 
> separate logical units is a better approach than one big stylesheet.

Correct, I will maintain them separately of course,
but my customer has to fit the chain in, in an application that is 
not to be touched.
I will deliver in seperate stylesheets, but I would like to have some 
backup if the importing should fail, caused by path issues eg.
(I have no control over the execution environment)

cheers

Geert



> Cheers,
> -- Abel Braaksma