RE: how to do i18n with parameter substitution

After sleeping on it I was able to answer my own question, however I suspect
that that p1 and p2 templates could be generalised to handle any named
parameter, but haven't figured that out yet.

  <xsl:template name='i18n'>
    <xsl:param name='caption'/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when
test='document("phrases.xml")/phrases/phrase/target[../@key=$caption/@key
and lang($language)]'>
        <xsl:apply-templates
select='document("phrases.xml")/phrases/phrase/target[../@key=$caption/@key
and lang($language)]' mode='parameters'>
          <xsl:with-param name='caption' select='$caption'/>
        </xsl:apply-templates>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:copy-of select='$caption' />
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match='target' mode='parameters'>
    <xsl:param name='caption'/>
    <xsl:apply-templates mode='parameters'>
      <xsl:with-param name='caption' select='$caption'/>
    </xsl:apply-templates>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match='p1' mode='parameters'>
    <xsl:param name='caption'/>
    <xsl:value-of select='$caption/p1/@value'/>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match='p2' mode='parameters'>
    <xsl:param name='caption'/>
    <xsl:value-of select='$caption/p2/@value'/>
  </xsl:template>

George
(Note to self: get more sleep).



> -----Original Message-----
> From: George James [mailto:GeorgeJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 23 March 2005 02:56
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:  how to do i18n with parameter substitution
>
>
> I have a template that does language substitution for text
> strings.  I want to extend this to be able to pass in a
> variable number of parameter values that get substituted into
> placeholder in each language string.
>
> The current template looks something like this:
>
>   <xsl:template name='i18n'>
>     <xsl:param name='caption'/>
>     <xsl:choose>
>       <xsl:when
> test='document("phrases.xml")/phrases/phrase/target[../@key=$c
aption and lang($language)]'>
>         <xsl:copy-of
> select='document("phrases.xml")/phrases/phrase/target[../@key=
> $caption and lang($language)]' />
>       </xsl:when>
>       <xsl:otherwise>
>         <xsl:copy-of select='$caption' />
>       </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:template>
>
> I have a phrases.xml document that looks like this:
>
> <phrase key='Client not on file'>
>  <target xml:lang='en'>Client number <p1/> not on file.
> Priority: <p2/></target>  <target xml:lang='de'>Prioritdt:
> <p2/>. Klient Nr. <p1/> nicht auf Akte.</target> </phrase>
>
> How can I extend my template so that will take as input
> something like the
> following:
>
> <caption key='Client not on file'>
>  <p1 value='123456'/>
>  <p2 value='99'/>
> </caption>
>
> and produce one of the following strings, depending on the
> language: Client number 123456 not on file. Priority: 99
> Prioritdt: 99. Klient Nr. 123456 nicht auf Akte.
>
> Can anyone help me with this?
> George