[xsl] Re: dynamically change modes based on parameters? have default modes? how? short code examples please :)

["Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

"SANWAL, ABHISHEK (HP-Houston)" <abhishek.sanwal@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yes. But I am having a bad time trying to use and push parameters
> through other templates. Of course, I know now the way to "play" with
> XSL.
>
> But there is one important question.
>
> There are multiple layouts I have inside these nested templates and I
> need to conditionally apply certain kind of layouts using some
> parameters. Now I am not sure if I can dynamically change the MODE that
> applies for the next "nested" call to a template ( like this. )
>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="./SectionBody"
> mode={$SectionBodyModeParam}/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="./Paragraph" mode={$ParagraphModeParam}/>
>
> Is this possible?

No. The value of the "mode" attribute must be a QName -- that is, among
other things, it must be statically known at compile-time.


The way to dynamically decide which tempalte to instantiate, based on
parameters, is the base for the FXSL library -- read about this at:


http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/FuncProg/Functional%20Programming.html

and


http://www.idealliance.org/papers/extreme03/xslfo-pdf/2003/Novatchev01/EML2003Novatchev01.pdf


One particularly elegant way to deal with parameters scoping is by using
partial application -- described in the second reference above.


=====
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL




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