Re: XT Extension functions

[Eric van der Vlist <vdv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Larry,

Larry Mason wrote:
> 
> I have a question on the type of parameter my XT extension function will see in
> the following case.
> 
>  <xsl:template name="barchart">
>    <xsl:param name="bar1_data" select="/data1"/>
>    <xsl:param name="bar2_data" select="/data2"/>
>    <xsl:param name="stacked">0</xsl:param>
> 
>    <xsl:value-of
> select="Ext:maxValue(Ext:new(),$stacked,$bar1_data,$bar2_data)"/>
> 
> bar1_data and bar2_data are coming in as NodeIterator and I am handling that
> just fine.
> But what does 'stacked' come in as?  I have it defined as ResultTreeFragment
> currently.
> It executes but I have no idea how to get at the value, '0' in this case.  Any
> help is greatly
> appreciated.

You're right, from the XT doc (http://www.jclark.com/xml/xt.html) :

Types are mapped between XSLT and Java as follows:

 XSLT type              Java type
 string                 java.lang.String
 number                 double
 boolean                boolean
 node-set               com.jclark.xsl.om.NodeIterator
 result tree fragment   com.jclark.xsl.sax.ResultTreeFragment

A result tree fragment is nothing but a result tree fragment ;=)

To get the value, you'll have to parse it through sax events.

An easier way, if you can do it, would be to change your XSL to
something like :

<xsl:param name="stacked" select="'0'"/> where you should have some
influence on the type...

> 
> Is there any really good documentation and examples on how this stuff works?

I am still looking for these XT specific resources and still thinking
some kind of XT users group would be welcome even if I got very few
answers the last time I have submitted the idea :=(
 
> TIA,
> Larry Mason
> 
> (using Nov 1999 version of XT)
> 

Hope this helps

Eric

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