Re: [xsl] Calling templates based on node contents

[Mike Trotman <mike.trotman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Given your descriptive element names it sounds like you just want a 
<xsl:choose> statement based on <contentFieldStyle>
within the template matching the contentField (as a way of breaking the 
<xsl:choose> lists into manageable chunks.)

e.g.

<xsl:template match='contentField'>
<xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test='contentFieldStyle="style1"'>
      <xsl:call-template name='contentFieldStyle1''/>
   <xsl:when>
   <xsl:when test='contentFieldStyle="style2"'>
      <xsl:call-template name='contentFieldStyle2''/>
   <xsl:when>
...
   <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:call-template name='contentFieldDefault''/>
   <xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

Or - if the templates only involve a small amount of code - embed the 
code rather than calling a template.
And - you could use modes instead of individually named templates if you 
wanted to.


Ben Gazzard wrote:

> yeah... should of been a little more clearer... sorry...
>
> basically trying to find a way of doing this:
>
> <xsl:call-template name="concat(contentFieldElement, '_', contentFieldStyle)" />
>
> (which i know isn't valid, unfortunatly)
>
> but with xsl:apply-template which ive not really looked at properly yet...
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 August 2004 13:07
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Calling templates based on node contents
>
>
>
>  very simple HTML...
>
>  from the <xsl:template match="." mode="defaultField_A"> template:
>  <a class="defaultField_A" href="Default url text -- please update">Default text -- please update</a>
>
> yes but that doesnt tell us how you want the output to depend on teh
> input.
> <xsl:template match="." 
> is _very_ strange construct it matches any node whatsoever, so really
> disables the entire template matching process (which is why you were
> having difficulties I expect)
>
> David
>
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