Re: [xsl] Change text on given node at runtime

[Mukul Gandhi <mukulw3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,
  Thanks for the explanation. Your solution is much
simpler.

Regards,
Mukul

--- David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
>   Since you are using Xalan-J, i have used a Xalan
>   extension function nodeset which helps me
> enumerate
>   over the attributes.
> 
> You didn't need it there
> 
>    <xsl:for-each select="xalan:nodeset(@*)">
> 
> @* returns a node set so you could just have gone
> 
>    <xsl:for-each select="@*">
> 
> (since the input to xx:node-set() is supposed to be
> a
> result-tree-fragment, I think some engines would
> actually error
> if you pass in a node set.)
> 
>       <xsl:for-each select="xalan:nodeset(@*)">
> 	<xsl:variable name="attName" select="name(.)"/>
> 	<xsl:attribute name="{$attName}"><xsl:value-of
>                 select="."/></xsl:attribute>
>       </xsl:for-each>
> 
>   since you are not changing the name or the value
> that whole loop could
>   could be
> 
> <xsl:copy-of select="@*/>
> 
> In both branches of your template you are copying
> the element and all
> its attributes, the only difference is whether to
> apply templates or to
> insert the text param, so you can simplify by moving
> the element and
> attribute handling to the shared part, ie:
> 
>    <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
>       <xsl:if test="(name(.) = $tag)">
>         <xsl:element name="{$tag}">
>           <xsl:for-each select="xalan:nodeset(@*)">
>    	<xsl:variable name="attName" select="name(.)"/>
>    	<xsl:attribute name="{$attName}"><xsl:value-of
>    select="."/></xsl:attribute>
>          </xsl:for-each>
>          <xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
>         </xsl:element>
>       </xsl:if>	     
>    
>       <xsl:if test="not(name(.) = $tag)">
>         <xsl:copy>
>    	<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
>         </xsl:copy>
>       </xsl:if>
>    </xsl:template>
>    
>    
> can be simplified to:
>    
> 
> <xsl:template match="*">
>   <xsl:copy>
>    <xsl:copy-of select="@*/>
>     <xsl:choose>
>       <xsl:when test="name()=$tag"><xsl:value-of
> select="$text"/></xsl:when>
>      
>
<xsl:otherwise><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> David
> 
>
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