[xsl] Parametrized includes -work-around?

[Ralph Holz <ralph.holz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

if I understand the FAQ at

http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/nono.html#d1796e238

correctly, then it is not possible at run-time to pass a parameter to a 
stylesheet that would indicate which other stylesheet to include for the 
processing. This is due to the fact that a stylesheet must be built and 
compiled by the processor before the actual instructions are executed. 
Correct?

Now, of course, that would be exactly the feature we want (typical, eh). :-)

The FAQ also states that

"If you want to construct a stylesheet whose contents depend on the 
input data then you'll need to do this in a separate transformation 
step." (Mike Kay)

So how would such a transformation step look like, I'm not exactly clear 
about that? The only solution that I can think of would be a kind of 
"wrapping" task executed by my XSLT processor: an XSLT stylesheet would 
work on two other stylesheets (selected by the processor, depending on 
the XML input data), combining them into one. This would be followed by 
the transformation of my actual source XML with the newly created 
stylesheet.

Would that work? I can feel this would require some adaptions to our 
software. Thank god it's Friday. ;-)

Thanks,
Ralph