[xsl] Dynamic dispatch of functions/templates (was matching text() )

["David Lee" <dlee@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Still thinking how to change
               
            <xsl:apply-templates select="text()"/>
            

<xsl:template match="some_xpath/text()" >
..


Into something where the text is concatenated in the face of PI's or
comments.

I need (or think I do ) something that is dynamic dispatch.
That is, the code that generates
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="text()"/>

Doesnt (easily) know which rule to invoke so I'm using the template match
form.

But suppose I could do the same thing with functions or named templates but
still let matching work ?
Then I could do something like

            <xsl:call-template name="????">
                        <xsl:value-of  select="string()"/>
          </xsl:call-template>


I think I'm answering my own question  I need to generate unique names 
but maybe there's a way to mix these 2 modes ?  Call a fixed constant
template that has varients based on a match string ?
What I want is some rule that triggers on
           
<xsl:template match="some_xpath/string()" >

But that doesnt work, nor does mixing match= & call-template  (???)

Just shooting in the dark for ideas.  

My best one so far is to generate unique names for all the xpaths I need to
match and do an explicit static-dispatch on the template (or function) name

But maybe there's a "trick" to get templates to be dynamically dispatched by
name & context node ?
like (I know this isnt valid )

            <xsl:template name="format_striung"
match="some/xpath/expression" >

then call it with something like
           
            <xsl:call-template name="format_string" select=".">
                        <xsl:value-of  select="string()"/>
          </xsl:call-template>

Maybe this is what "mode" or pass-through parameters are for ?




Not asking anyone to work on this problem, but if something obvious comes to
mind I'd love to hear it !

Thanks.




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David A. Lee
dlee@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.xmlsh.org




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David A. Lee
dlee@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.xmlsh.org