Re: [xsl] Variables and the mode attribute in apply-templates

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Brian,

Friday evening....


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On 11/18/05, bryan rasmussen <rasmussen.bryan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/Proceedings/xslfo-pdf/2003/Novatchev01/EM
L2003Novatchev01.pdf
>
>
> On 11/18/05, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 11/4/05, ben senior <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I wish to decide between calling one of a set of templates depending on
> > > a fragment of xml (/content/layout/node()).
> > >
> > > Rather than having a mass of xsl:when/choose statements, I thought I
> > > would add :
> > >
> > > <xsl:apply-templates select="xxx" mode="{/content/layout/node()}"/>
> > >
> > > That didn't work. I then tried setting an xsl:variable and doing
> > > mode="$layout" and that didn't work.
> > > Then I tried setting the mode attribute using xsl:attribute and that
> > > didn't work.
> > >
> > > Am I missing out on something at the conceptual level - is this to do
> > > with xsl's statelessness?
> >
> >
> > Yes,
> >
> > Do read :
> >
> >
http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/Proceedings/xslfo-pdf/2003/Nordstrom01/EM
L2003Nordstrom01.pdf
> >
> > and you'll know how to do this in XSLT using FXSL.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Dimitre Novatchev
> > ---------------------------------------
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