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 It's not a completely clean solution, but how I achieve the "pass function
by reference" functionality you're looking for is through a switcher
template.
Here's an example:
<xsl:template match="/">
<html><body>
<xsl:call-template name="SWITCHER">
<xsl:with-param name="Tpl">C</xsl:with-param>
</xsl:call-template>
</body></html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="SWITCHER">
<xsl:param name="Tpl"></xsl:param>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="'B'=$Tpl">
<xsl:call-template name="B"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="'C'=$Tpl">
<xsl:call-template name="C"/>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="B">
The B Template
<HR/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="C">
The C Template
<HR/>
</xsl:template>
Hope that helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Reid M. Pinchback
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 5:40 PM
To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: question about call-template
[Apologies if anybody has seen this message before. I'm pretty sure the
listserv never sent it out the first time, but the archive on Mulberry's
web site is broken and I can't check to make sure.]
I'm stumped.
I've learned how to write a template. Ditto for calling a template by name,
and for passing parameters to a template.
I can't find a way to pass the *name* of a template to another template,
and then call that template by that name. In other words, something like:
<xsl:template match="/">
<html><body>
<xsl:call-template name="A">
<xsl:with-param name="Tpl">B</xsl:with-param>
</xsl:call-template>
</body></html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="A">
<xsl:param name="Tpl"></xsl:param>
<xsl:call-template name="$Tpl"></xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="B">
<HR/>
</xsl:template>
Should this be possible? I'm using IBM's XSL processor, but when I try
this I just get:
"XSL Error: Could not find template named: '$Tpl'
Basically what I'm looking for is the same kind of functionality you get
in languages that allow you to pass a function by reference. That way
I could create one template that did common processing, and pass a
specialized template to it to handle issues specific to the portion
of the document tree I'm trying to process (eg: create a generic reusable
table layout vs dealing with content-specific layout issues in the rows).
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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