Re: [xsl] redirecting ouput to a different file?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2011-08-18 17:49 -0700, Dan Vint wrote:
> So I can drop that <xsl:result-document 
> href="DMC-{modelic}-{sdc}-{chapnum}-.... into all of my templates?

No ... not all.  You build the result tree under 
<xsl:result-document> that is targeted for that 
file.  <xsl:result-document> just starts the building of a new result 
tree and you build it just like you build the default result tree 
when not using that instruction.

> I hadn't found any complex examples in my searches, but was hoping 
> it would work like what you describe.

It does work like I describe, but I don't think you see how I'm describing it:

  <xsl:template match="avee">
    <xsl:result-document href="DMC-{modelic}-{sdc}-{chapnum}-....
      <xsl:apply-templates select="..."/>
    </xsl:result-document>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="whatever">
    ... some stuff that goes into that result document...
  </xsl:template>

The <xsl:apply-templates/> above will end up building nodes under 
<xsl:result-document/> even if that building is done from other 
templates.  You mustn't copy the <xsl:result-document> into the other 
templates.

Once you finish building the tree and you process something after the 
<xsl:result-document> instruction, the tree is done with and the file 
is written (though likely it was being written along the way).

BTW, you can nest the instructions in order to create a separate file 
on the side while you are in the middle of creating another 
file.  You just cannot re-open an <xsl:result-document/> file and add to it.

I hope this clarifies things for you.

. . . . . . . . . Ken

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