Re: An XSLT puzzle

Hi Alexander

> Imagine the following exotic situation.
> A stylesheet contains a named template, say
> 
>   <xsl:template name="qq">...</xsl:template>
> 
> with "..." an arbitrary valid XSLT code.
> This template is to be used in two different "regimes".
> The first regime is the usual one: the template
> is called via
> 
>   <xsl:call-template name="qq"/>
> 
> The second regime is exotic: the template's 
> content is identically copied into the output
> (as a result tree fragment).

use xsl:copy-of ;-)

> For instance, let the stylesheet be as follows:
> 
>   <xsl:template name="qq">
>     <node attr="{2+2=4}"/>
>   </xsl:template>
> 
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>     <results>
>       <usual-result>
>         <xsl:call-template name="qq"/>
>       </usual-result>
>       <exotic-result>
>         ... your code ...
>       </exotic-result>
>     </results>
>   </xsl:template>

Alright: replace "... your code ..." with
<xsl:copy-of select="document('')/*/xsl:template[@name='qq']/node()" />

But note: this solution won't work with includes or imports.

Cheers,
Oliver


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