RE: [xsl] assigning <xsl:param> to <xsl:template mode="$">???

["Arne Borkowski \(borko.net\)" <arne at borko dot net>]

Hi Dan,

thanks for this advice. I understood. I will follow your suggestion
and use conditional processing.

Regards, Arne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Dan Diebolt
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 3:44 AM
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: Re: [xsl] assigning <xsl:param> to <xsl:template mode="$">???
> 
> 
> name and mode in <xsl:template name="?" mode="?"> are QNames
> name in <xsl:call-template name="?"> is a QName
> 
> So you have to supply a fixed name in both cases. If you want
> a parameter/variable to determine what processing is done, you
> are going to have to have some type of conditional in the body
> of the template. I frequently put a variables at the top of
> the style sheet that controls debug output for example. However, you
> have to repeat the logic in every place you want the alternate
> behavior:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="mode" select="'one'"/>
> <xsl:template match="?">
>   <part of template>
>   <xsl:if test="f($mode)"><special processing></xsl:if>
>   <more of template>
>   <xsl:if test="f($mode)">)"><special processing></xsl:if>
>   <more of template>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> But this not necessary any worse than repeating the body of a 
> template (with perhaps only minor changes) for each mode you 
> might want to potentially invoke.
> 
> <xsl:template mode="one">
>    <a lot of typing repeated in mode two/>
>    <a little typing unique to mode one/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template mode="two">
>    <a lot of typing repeated in mode one/>
>    <a little typing unique to mode two/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dan
> 
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