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Re: Generic Templates code available (Was: Re: Re: Re: Sorting date in xsl)


I'm sorry, there's a problem with the link from my previous message.

Please, use this link directly:

http://www.vbxml.com/downloads/files/genericTemplates.zip

Dimitre.

--- Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all people asking for the code.
> 
> As it is difficult to send attachments to everybody personally, I uploaded the
> templates to the VBXML.Com site. Read the Readme.txt file first. Here's the link:
> 
> http://www.vbxml.com/downloads/default.asp?id=v2001611171627
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev.
> 
> --- Albert Tsun <albert.tsun@excel.com.hk> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I am new to XSLT and I want to ask if those generic xslt stylesheets compatible
> > to all
> > XSLT Processors.
> > 
> > I am now using Xalan and if yes, I would like to have one and try.
> > 
> > Many Thanks in advance
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@yahoo.com> on 11/06/2001 03:18:00 PM
> > 
> > Please respond to xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> > 
> > To:   francis@redrice.com
> > cc:   xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com (bcc: Albert Tsun/Excel)
> > 
> > Subject:  [xsl] Re: Re: Sorting date in xsl
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Francis Norton wrote:
> > 
> > > Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > A third and the most natural approach is to use a generic template for a
> > generic
> > > > sort operation. You'll just pass to this generic template a template
> > reference
> > > > implementing the "greater than" relation for your format of dates.
> > > >
> > > I'm not sure if it's an official generic template, but I have a generic
> > > sort function (in fact two of them, but only one works correctly) at
> > > http://redrice.com/xml/sortfunction_0_1.zip
> > >
> > > Use sortcall.xslt on sort.xml, selecting the simple sort, to demonstrate
> > > it.
> > >
> > > The point is that you provide your own type-specific comparison template
> > > and this gets called from your included sort template. There's a
> > > standard way of calling the sort templates so that you can parameterise
> > > the choice of method. It's quite a neat solution really.
> > 
> > Hi Francis,
> > 
> > Yes, sortcall.xslt (actually in combination with simplesort.xslt and
> > mergesort.xslt)
> > implements a generic sorting algorithm.
> > 
> > There are important differences between this implementation and the one based on
> > template references:
> > 
> >   - Double indirection: a template with fixed name ("before") is called, which
> > then
> >     based on a parameter calls one of a set of predefined templates. This is
> > done
> >     through a potentially long xsl:choose.
> >     When a template reference is used there is no double indirection -- it is
> >     selected by the XSLT processor based on a uniquely typed node specified in
> >     the "select" attribute of an xsl:apply-templates within the generic sort
> >     template.
> >     No xsl:choose is used.
> > 
> >   - The template to be used for the first indirection (call) must have a unique
> >     name. This is not convenient and may cause potential naming conflicts,
> >     especially when templates using the generic sort templates are imported.
> >     Actually, it will not be possible to use in case when two different
> >     stylesheets are imported containing templates that each call the sorting
> >     template -- they will both have a "before" template. This means that the one
> >     with the highest import precedence will always be used.
> > 
> >     When using template references there is no such problem -- the templates
> > that
> >     implement the "greater-than" relation are not called by name, they are
> >     guaranteed to be matching a uniquely typed node and therefore there's
> > actually
> >     never more than one template for the XSLT processor to select when resolving
> > the
> > 
> >     xsl:apply-templates from the generic (sort) template.
> > 
> > Thank you for your interest in the implementation of generic templates.
> > I will be glad to answer any questions regarding this implementation. I will
> > send to
> > anyone interested the code of some useful generic templates: generic min(),
> > generic
> > max(), generic binSearch() and generic sort().
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Dimitre Novatchev.
> > 
> > 
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