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RE: alternative for modes

Subject: RE: alternative for modes
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:05:55 -0500
xsl modes
Hi Peter,

At 05:31 PM 2/12/2004, you wrote:
<xsl:template match="car">
        <xsl:param name="mode"/>

        <xsl:if test="$mode = 'blue'">
                <font color="blue"><xsl:value-of select="."/></font><br/>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test="$mode = 'red'">
                <font color="red"><xsl:value-of select="."/></font><br/>
        </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

Well if it were this simple we'd be in business. This could be:


<xsl:template match="car">
  <xsl:param name="mode"/>
  <font color="{$mode}">
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </font>
</xsl:template>

... but somehow I don't think this reflects your real problem. You might however be able to do

<xsl:template match="car">
  <xsl:param name="mode"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="node()[$mode='blue'] mode="blue"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="node()[$mode='red'] mode="red"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="node()[$mode='green'] mode="green"/>
</xsl:template>

(Or use self::node()[$mode='blue'] to select the car, not its children, for the blue mode.)

This will work if you know in advance how many modes you have and what their names are. See, the conditional in a predicate can be anything; it doesn't necessarily have to relate to its context node directly.

Cheers,
Wendell



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