Re: variable in xsl:template match

Hello,

Im am wondering if it is possible to pass an xpath expression (or part of it) from the commandline to the match attribute of a template.

What I am thinking about is something like to following. If I call the parser with

saxon target=position input.xml styleshee.xsl

And I have a template with something similar to

<xsl:template match="/root/$target/child">

I want the Xpath expression to be evaluated as "/root/position/child".

If you don't care about namespaces (but you should):
<xsl:template match="/root/*[local-name() = $target]/child" >....

If you do care about namespaces, you can do:
<xsl:param name="target" as="xs:QName" select="xs:QName('ns:position') />

Cheers,
-- Abel Braaksma