RE: [xsl] alternative for modes

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

At 05:31 PM 2/12/2004, you wrote:
> <xsl:template match="car">
>         <xsl:param name="mode"/>
>
>         <xsl:if test="$mode = 'blue'">
>                 <font color="blue"><xsl:value-of select="."/></font><br/>
>         </xsl:if>
>         <xsl:if test="$mode = 'red'">
>                 <font color="red"><xsl:value-of select="."/></font><br/>
>         </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>

Well if it were this simple we'd be in business. This could be:

<xsl:template match="car">
  <xsl:param name="mode"/>
  <font color="{$mode}">
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </font>
</xsl:template>

... but somehow I don't think this reflects your real problem. You might 
however be able to do

<xsl:template match="car">
  <xsl:param name="mode"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="node()[$mode='blue'] mode="blue"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="node()[$mode='red'] mode="red"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="node()[$mode='green'] mode="green"/>
</xsl:template>

(Or use self::node()[$mode='blue'] to select the car, not its children, for 
the blue mode.)

This will work if you know in advance how many modes you have and what 
their names are. See, the conditional in a predicate can be anything; it 
doesn't necessarily have to relate to its context node directly.

Cheers,
Wendell



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