Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: Re: Sorting date in xsl From: "Albert Tsun" <albert.tsun@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:31:30 +0800 |
Hi All, I am new to XSLT and I want to ask if those generic xslt stylesheets compatible to all XSLT Processors. I am now using Xalan and if yes, I would like to have one and try. Many Thanks in advance Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> on 11/06/2001 03:18:00 PM Please respond to xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: francis@xxxxxxxxxxx cc: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (bcc: Albert Tsun/Excel) Subject: [xsl] Re: Re: Sorting date in xsl Francis Norton wrote: > Dimitre Novatchev wrote: > > > > > > A third and the most natural approach is to use a generic template for a generic > > sort operation. You'll just pass to this generic template a template reference > > implementing the "greater than" relation for your format of dates. > > > I'm not sure if it's an official generic template, but I have a generic > sort function (in fact two of them, but only one works correctly) at > http://redrice.com/xml/sortfunction_0_1.zip > > Use sortcall.xslt on sort.xml, selecting the simple sort, to demonstrate > it. > > The point is that you provide your own type-specific comparison template > and this gets called from your included sort template. There's a > standard way of calling the sort templates so that you can parameterise > the choice of method. It's quite a neat solution really. Hi Francis, Yes, sortcall.xslt (actually in combination with simplesort.xslt and mergesort.xslt) implements a generic sorting algorithm. There are important differences between this implementation and the one based on template references: - Double indirection: a template with fixed name ("before") is called, which then based on a parameter calls one of a set of predefined templates. This is done through a potentially long xsl:choose. When a template reference is used there is no double indirection -- it is selected by the XSLT processor based on a uniquely typed node specified in the "select" attribute of an xsl:apply-templates within the generic sort template. No xsl:choose is used. - The template to be used for the first indirection (call) must have a unique name. This is not convenient and may cause potential naming conflicts, especially when templates using the generic sort templates are imported. Actually, it will not be possible to use in case when two different stylesheets are imported containing templates that each call the sorting template -- they will both have a "before" template. This means that the one with the highest import precedence will always be used. When using template references there is no such problem -- the templates that implement the "greater-than" relation are not called by name, they are guaranteed to be matching a uniquely typed node and therefore there's actually never more than one template for the XSLT processor to select when resolving the xsl:apply-templates from the generic (sort) template. Thank you for your interest in the implementation of generic templates. I will be glad to answer any questions regarding this implementation. I will send to anyone interested the code of some useful generic templates: generic min(), generic max(), generic binSearch() and generic sort(). Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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