Re: [xsl] Seek your suggestions on how to create a declarative mapping document with embedded XSLT commands

["Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2022-04-21 at 16:37 +0000, Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:
>
> When I "run" that document, all the XSLT snippets get executed (by an
> XSLT processor).

If you are using xslt 3, you can convert the input to XSLT e.g. in a
variable and then use fn:transform() with that variable as the
stylesheet node.

<xsl:template match="substring">
  <xsl:text>{ substring($input, start, length) }</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

(assuming you have xsl:expand-text="yes" on the stylesheet node).

Your use of xsl:value-of suggests you might be using XSLT 1, in which
either move to XSLT 3 :) or investigate XProc.


Liam
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