Re: [xsl] How to call an XSLT function whose name isn't known till run-time?

Subject: Re: [xsl] How to call an XSLT function whose name isn't known till run-time?
From: "Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 23:50:45 -0000
Well, you can turn the function name into a function object using
fn:function-lookup(), and then invoke it using dynamic function invocation,
but one wonders why you are using function names as distinct from function
objects in the first place. Where do these strings like "move" come from? It
looks like a situation that's crying out for proper use of higher-order
functions.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 6 Dec 2019, at 17:21, Costello, Roger L. costello@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have an XSLT variable, $function-to-invoke, that holds the name of an XSLT
function to be invoked. For example, if $function-to-invoke holds the string
"move" then I  want my XSLT program to invoke the function with that name,
i.e., invoke f:move(...). Is there a way for XSLT to call a function whose
name isn't known till run-time?
>
> /Roger

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