RE: [xsl] Attribute and Parameter.. coexist?

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I'm pretty new to how XSLT works, how would I go about 
> calling outside java functions inside xsl?  for example 
> turning this relative reference into an absolute using java 
> calls? Thanks!

It depends a little on the XSLT processor you are using. With Saxon and
JDK 1.4:

<img 
   style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 75px"
   src="{uri:resolve(uri:new($urlpath), IMAGES/HEADER)}"
   xmlns:uri="java:java.net.URI"/>

(Untested)

For details of how this works see

http://saxon.sourceforge.net/saxon6.5.3/extensibility.html#Writing-exten
sion-functions

Michael Kay
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:48 AM
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Attribute and Parameter.. coexist?
> 
> 
> > > The above could be written
> > >
> > > <img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 75px" 
> > > src="{$urlpath}/{IMAGES/HEADER}"/>
> > >
> >
> > But do be aware that simple string concatenation is not really the 
> > right approach for resolving a relative URI against a base URI. The 
> > proper algorithm is described in RFC 2396. XPath 2.0 implements it 
> > using a new
> > resolve-uri() function; in the meantime you might want to 
> consider doing
> > it by calling an extension function - for example the 
> relevant method in
> > JDK 1.4's java.net.URI class.
> >
> > Michael Kay
> >
> >
> >  XSL-List info and archive:  
> http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> >
> >
> 
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