Re: [xsl] referencing nodes via variables

["Sam Carleton" <scarleton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/30/06, Florent Georges <darkman_spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sam Carleton wrote:
>
>   Hi
>
> > The way things are currently coded, it works.  I am wondering if
> > there is a better way.
>
> > <xsl:template match="line">
> >   <xsl:variable  name="methodID" select="@methodID"/>
> >   <xsl:variable  name="methodVer" select="@methodVer"/>
> >   <xsl:variable  name="method"
> > select="/root/methods/method[@id=$methodOID and
> > @version=$methodVer]"/>
>
>   XSLT provides current() too.  But I tend to use variables as you did,
> I find that clearer.  In this particular case, maybe an xsl:key would
> be better, depending on the complexity of your real input.

Florent,

I have not used keys before.  Just read about them and here is what I
have so far:

<xsl:key name="method" match="method" use="id"/>

Then to get the name it would be this:

<xsl:value-of select="key('method', @methodID)/name"/>

The only thing I don't understand is if the key can handle multiple
conditions, that being both the method ID and the method version.

In case you are wondering the parser that is in use is Microsoft .Net
2.0's XslCompiledTransform which is only XSLT 1.0.

Sam