Subject: RE: [xsl] how to pass parameters down through nested templates using xsl:apply templates in a nested fashion? From: "SANWAL, ABHISHEK (HP-Houston)" <abhishek.sanwal@xxxxxx> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:02:48 -0500 |
Yes. But I am having a bad time trying to use and push parameters through other templates. Of course, I know now the way to "play" with XSL. But there is one important question. There are multiple layouts I have inside these nested templates and I need to conditionally apply certain kind of layouts using some parameters. Now I am not sure if I can dynamically change the MODE that applies for the next "nested" call to a template ( like this. ) <xsl:apply-templates select="./SectionBody" mode={$SectionBodyModeParam}/> <xsl:apply-templates select="./Paragraph" mode={$ParagraphModeParam}/> Is this possible? If so then what is the correct syntax and way that I can use params here. { OFF-TOPIC CURIOSITY Is it possible to make an apply-tempaltes call to different kinds of children except one ( I have that expression working), but push different modes for each. Is it possible to assign "default" modes that get called when that template match only has a template without any mode defined? } If this is not (even if it is)... would it be better to call a single template (with no modes, but has internally different layouts it that can be applied) like so... <xsl:apply-templates select="./SectionBody"/> <xsl:apply-templates select="./Paragraph" mode={$ParagraphModeParam}/> ...and have the templates use internal logic <ifs and chooses> to decide between applying the template layout based on the parameters it was passed ? I am trying to create this paradigm of functions with "variables/parameters of normal programming languages" with different scopes of operation (global/local.. and specify accurately the scope of the parameters) in the above, I think. Not completely successful yet, but would like to see it happen. :) Thanks. Please do advise on the above Abhishek Sanwal HP - Houston Campus abhishek.sanwal@xxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Wendell Piez [mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:21 AM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [xsl] how to pass parameters down through nested templates using xsl:apply templates in a nested fashion? Abhishek, I'm glad you're figuring it all out. At 04:42 AM 9/11/2003, you wrote: >Although I am currently learning it the hard way, what's a good >reference to examples/samples or a cookbook / tutorial to develop "test >expressions" which I so often require, know the logic but have >difficulty with syntax between () [] etc. ... I know what you mean, and I have glanced, at least, at most of the XSLT books out there, and have my favorites ... nonetheless, since I don't really use them myself much (if I get really stuck I tend to look at the spec, for a simple syntax thing; if it's more complicated I usually set the problem aside for a few hours until I think of a new angle that generally helps resolve it -- letting it rest is a technique that really works for me), and never really did (like the authors of the books, I'm what you might call a "first-generation" XSLT user ... the books didn't exist when I was at that point) -- I think your question would be better answered by those who have actual experience to refer to. I wonder if anyone else -- maybe 2nd- or 3rd-gen (picked up XSLT after, say, 1999; used the books but has now internalized the rules for the most part) -- could comment on their favorite references, cookbooks, tutorials? There is a huge amount of material out there, after all. Oh, and don't forget the Mulberry XSLT Quick Reference at http://www.mulberrytech.com/quickref/index.html. In addition to listing all the standard instructions, functions and operators, it tells you (if you look closely enough) where you are allowed to use AVTs, along with similar hints. Thank Tony Graham, my erstwhile colleage, for most of the work on it. Cheers, Wendell ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ====================================================================== XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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