[xsl] xsl:with ?

[Jeff Beadle <Jbeadle@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

I apologize up front for not being upto speed on what going on with xstl
2.0,  
but I have a question for those who have:

Will there be anything like a "with" statement?
  
For example, in javascript I can do this:

   var x = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0");
   
   with(x)
   {
      async = false;
      
      validateOnParse = false;
      
      if( ! loadXML(...) ) {
         ...
      }
      ...
   }
   

I make common use of this pattern within xslt, but I have to use a for-each.

For example:

   <xsl:variable name="BaseElementInstance">
      <BaseElement someAttribute="This is someAttribute"
               someOtherAttribute="This is someOtherAttribute">
         <ChildElement>blah blah</ChildElement>
      </BaseElement>
   </xsl:variable>

   <xsl:for-each select="msxsl:node-set($BaseElementInstance)/BaseElement">
      <DerivedElement>
         <xsl:copy-of select="attribute::*[not(@someOtherAttribute)]"/>
         <xsl:attribute name="someOtherAttribute">
            Derived attribute 'someOtherAttribute' was overridden by
DerivedElement.
        </xsl:attribute>
       <xsl:copy-of select="descendant::*"/>
       <DerivedElmentsChildElement/>
      </DerivedElement>
   </xsl:for-each>
   
   
So after too much detail (sorry), here's what I'd like to do:

   Replace my xsl:for-each with an xsl:with.

For example:
   
   <xsl:variable name="stuff">
      ...
   </xsl:variable>
   
   <xsl:with select="msxsl:node-set($stuff)/BaseElement">
      ...
   </xsl:with>

   
The xsl:with implementation of 'select' would--in fact--be like:

   select="msxsl:node-set($BaseElementInstance)/BaseElement[1]"
   
If the pattern query succeeds, it always uses the context of the first node
in
the resultant nodeset.


Anyhow, perhaps I'm just being lazy.

Thanks,
Jeff


   
   

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