Re: [xsl] Can you apply a template match on a copy node?

Hi Mike,

another possibility is a strongly parameterized named template.

An example:

<xsl:template match="myNode">
  <html>
    <body>
      <table>
        <tr>
          <xsl:call-template name="td">
            <xsl:with-param name="attributes" select="@*"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="content" select="node()"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="width" select="500"/>
            <xsl:with-param name="bgcolor" select="red"/>
          </xsl:call-template>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="td" name="td">
  <xsl:param name="attributes" select="@*"/>
  <xsl:param name="content" select="node()"/>
  <xsl:param name="width" select="500"/>
  <xsl:param name="bgcolor" select="red"/>
  <td width="{$width}" bgcolor="{$bgcolor}">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="$attributes"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="$content"/>
  </td>
</xsl:template>

But this can be sometimes really difficult to handle.

Regards,

Joerg

Mike Carlisle wrote:

Hi Joerg,
I'm just experimenting with ways of using xml/xsl. Sure I could use css, but
I prefer keeping things clean and maintainable from one file. I'm a great
believer in a clear seperation between data and layout, and the simplier I
can find ways to control the styling the better, which is why I was hoping
to do away with css altogether and use xsl templates for everything.
I'm using a server-side asp transform for the processing, so any use of
xsl/xml needs to be very efficient to compete with a pure asp scripted
solution.
Mike
--- Original Message -----
From: "Joerg Heinicke" <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] Can you apply a template match on a copy node?
Hi Mike,
if you really want to style every <td> in the same way, why don't you
want to use CSS?
td {
    width: 500px;
    background-color: red;
}
If not, what's your processing framework? In Cocoon for example a 2 step
transformation would be really easy. More information on xalan:nodeset()
you can find at
http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/extensionslib.html#ex-nodeset.

Regards,

Joerg

Mike Carlisle wrote:

Hi Joerg,

The reason for wanting to process <td> in a seperate match was that it

could

be used to define a style for <td> in one place, and one place only.

Whether

the <td> was in the xml or written by another match I wanted one place

where

it's attributes could be set generically, a bit like using xsl as a css.

I'm not that familar with extensions used in Michael Kay's approach. Am

I
right in thinking that to use node-set I need to install something like
Xalan.exe, and this will then pass a string back into a node set? How do
these extensions effect efficiency of the tranform? I've been told
xsl/xml

transforms are already fairly processor intensive compared to something

like

a pure asp solution, so am a bit reluctent to start complicating the

process
further with external calls. Dooes anyone know of or have any good bench
marks?
Cheers,

Mike
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