Re: Attributes, modes and templates

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alex,

You wrote:

>This is the nub of my problem, exactly: for all elements called in the
>mode (but not in the special element) I want the xsl templates in the
>_imported_ Norman Walsh's stylesheets to be called (i.e. the templates
>I didn't write!)

Ah! Now this will be a trick.

For this, I'd suggest you use the <xsl:apply-imports/> element (in the
spec, section 5.6). That allows you to override processing defined in the
current stylesheet, in favor of rules defined in imported templates.

In order to get your special node to process your way instead of Norman
Walsh's, you could import a second stylesheet (it could contain only that
template) ahead of his, so it would have a higher import precedence. (See
2.6.2 for import precedence.)

In this case, you wouldn't need to use modes at all, I imagine.

Since you can't write modes onto Norm's stylesheet, there is quite a
wrinkle to your problem. Sorry I misunderstood your requirement. I Hope
this helps--!

Wendell


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