Re: [xsl] Simplify HAIRY xslt

[Marcus Andersson <marcus@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Wendell Piez wrote:

> You can isolate this logic further:
>
>   <xsl:template name="rule">
>     <xsl:param name="uri"/>
>     <xsl:variable name="prefix" select="../@prefix"/>
>     <xsl:variable name="uid-assign">
>
>     <res:choose>
>       <res:when test="*[name() = '{$prefix}:rule']">
>         <xsl:text>{*[name() = '</xsl:text>
>         <xsl:value-of select="$prefix"/>
>         <xsl:text>:rule']/@uid}</xsl:text>
>       </res:when>
>       <res:otherwise>
>         <xsl:text>{generate-id()}_</xsl:text>
>         <xsl:value-of select="$prefix"/>
>       </res:otherwise>
>     </res:choose>
>
>     </xsl:variable>
>
>       <xsl:element name="{$prefix}:rule" namespace="{$uri}">
>         <xsl:if test="string(@display)">
>           <xsl:attribute name="displayValue">{<xsl:value-of 
> select="@display"/>}</xsl:attribute>
>         </xsl:if>
>         <xsl:attribute name="uid">
>           <xsl:value-of select="$uid-assign"/>
>         </xsl:attribute>
>         <xsl:attribute name="xpath">{$newXpath}</xsl:attribute>
>         <xsl:attribute name="type">{$type}</xsl:attribute>
>         <xsl:copy-of select="@*|node()"/>
>       </xsl:element>
>   </xsl:template>
>
> which can be handy for parameterization, shortening the syntax, etc.
> (You will want to straighten up the indents in that code.)
>
> I hope that helps.
> Wendell
Yup, it does. It's a bit more readable now.

/Marcus