Subject: RE: [xsl] Selecting between multiple stylesheets on same xml file (apache/cocoon) From: "Hewko, Doug" <Doug.Hewko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:48:47 -0400 |
Just a question, can you use JS or ASP, or some other server-side language to generate the XSL for you? That definitely should allow you to accomplish what you want. JS is supported by Tomcat. I am quite sure that you can not have the XSL loaded dynamically as you desire, but then I'm not really an expert. (Learning and trying.) Just a thought... > -----Original Message----- > From: M M [mailto:mjm1project@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: September 5, 2001 2:43 PM > To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Selecting between multiple stylesheets on same xml file > (apache/cocoon) > > > Hi... first I want to say thanx to those who solved my > xsl variable problem. Now I'm asking if there's a > similar way to declare and pass an external value to a > variable in the XML document itself. > I'm using an apache/cocoon setup, with an xml newsfeed > of about 5/6 categories of stories. With perhaps with > php script, I want to detect the user's platform, eg > normal desktop/laptop, PocketPC, Palm, etc using > HTTP_USER_AGENT, also category(s) of user's news > preferences, particular story etc, then select the > appropriate xsl stylesheet to serve up content > particular to their needs. > At the moment, i'm using several copies of the same > xml file referencing different stylesheets, and > obviously this is ridiculous! What I want to do is > something like this: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> > <?xml-stylesheet href="$xyz.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> > <?cocoon-process type="xslt"?> > > where $xyz is a variable which can be declared in the > xml file some way similar to the way I'm using > <xsl:param> to construct variables in the xsl that can > pick up values passed by a php script or appended to a > url e.g http://myserver.com/news.xml?xyz=stylesheet1 > > Thanks! > > P.S. Am I approaching this wrong? Should there be just > one stylesheet reference in the xml, and then in the > stylesheet itself use variables to select between > diffent @import locations and have all the specific > templates in small external xsl files? > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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