RE: [xsl] Can you apply a template match on a copy node?

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

Mike,

There's also <xsl:attribute-set> and the xsl:use-attribute-set attribute, 
if you really don't want to layer it into CSS (which is what I would do). 
You could combine this with Joerg's suggestion of parameters. I would think 
that between attribute sets and calling templates by name (which you could 
do, for example, to handle your smiley-to-image scenario) you'd pretty much 
have what you need to avoid a second pass (which is effectively what you 
say you want to do). FWIW, I think your instinct is right to avoid that 
unless you have more demanding requirements that it meets.

Cheers,
Wendell

At 06:39 AM 9/23/2002, you wrote:
> Yep looks like css is the best solution. I'm just experimenting really, 
> but there are plenty of scenarios where I have wanted to apply a template 
> to a node written out in another match, so that I can reuse a single style 
> definition.
>
> Example(ish): I have a forum which replaces smilies in message threads.
>
> If all text nodes always go through the text() match I have a single place 
> I can pass smilies into gifs by inserting an image tag. If my generic 
> image match can then be applied to this new image node, then I have one 
> central place where my images can be processed generically, such as 
> appending image directory to the src attribute of any image. It also means 
> one central place where smilie replacement may be turned on/off.
>
> I know there are plenty of other ways of handling these scenarios but the 
> central matches solution is much neater and cleaner, and takes the 
> emphasis away from the template creator having to consider the bigger 
> picture. ie. think about appending variables to attributes etc.

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