Re: [xsl] counting the number of time i call a template

Subject: Re: [xsl] counting the number of time i call a template
From: Floch "Jean-Sébastien" <jsfloch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 03:06:30 -0800 (PST)
> > I have to count the number of time i call a
> template
> No you need to generate a number based on some
> property of the
> input. You just need to specify what that function
> is.

In fact, the number i want to generate depends on the
input document, but also on the transformation done at
process time. Imagine that the function is too complex
to be expressed in that case. The only way i found is
to call a template, and (try to) count the number of
time it's called.

 
> If you did use an extension function to get the side
> effect of counting
> or used saxon:assign then note that you would have
> no assurance that
> you got the value that you want. templates may be
> evaluated in any
> order, or in parallel. There is no assurance that
> the system builds the
> tree in the same order that it is output.
That's why i' looking for a "pure" xsl solution

> David

Thanks David,
Jean-Sebastien



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