Re: [xsl] Can i use apply-templates to match a xsl:template eleme nt?

["Aron Bock" <aronbock@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Going by the subjectline, if you want a template in an xstl stylesheet to 
find other elements in the same stylesheet, do something like the following:

   <xsl:template match="/">
       <xsl:for-each select="document('')/*/xsl:template">
           <xsl:value-of select="@match"/>
       </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>

Here the document() function, with an empty-string, returns the containing 
xslt document...which is an xml document, and which we navigate as usual.

Needing to seach for an xsl:template within the same stylesheet can be 
useful if one od the "templates" actually holds some soft of mapping or 
lookup information which is best kept in-situ in the xslt document rather 
than in a separate file.

FYI, document('/') returns the main input xml document in similar fashion 
(at least under xalan).

Regards,

--A

> From: Chris <phatfish@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Can i use apply-templates to match a xsl:template eleme 
> nt?
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:54:20 +0000
>
> Thanks very much for the help. I dont think thats quite what i wanted
> Maria, but i will look and see what you did, and check if it is any
> help to me.
>
> You see what im trying to do jay, but i think im confusing myself :) I
> will make another thread that will hopefully be clearer and more
> productive.
>
> Thanks
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:19:56 -0600, JBryant@xxxxxxxxx <JBryant@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> > <xsl:apply-templates match="releasepage"/>
> >
> > should be
> >
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="releasepage"/>
> >
> > Rushing too much today. Sorry.
> >
> > Jay Bryant

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