Re: [xsl] Alternative to variable in template match

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at CraneSoftwrights dot com>]

At 2002-01-17 15:54 -0500, Rick Anderson wrote:
>I wrote a small xsl to copy the nodes below a specified XPATH expression
>into new files. I wanted to eventually pass the XPATH in via a command
>line.

XSLT 1.0 doesn't allow this as match= patterns in template rules and key 
tables must be fixed.

>Since a variable can't be used in 'template match="$path"' there must be
>another efficient way to do this.

Not according to the Recommendation ... some vendors provide extensions, 
but I haven't used these, and I suspect they are not available at match= 
time, only at select= time.

>Currently, my work around doesn't
>compare the XPATH expression to the node successfully. Any hints?

Have a stylesheet that writes a stylesheet ... pass your XPath in the 
command line to the stylesheet writer and then execute the written stylesheet.

I hope this helps.

...................... Ken


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