Re: Consolidating stylesheet functionality

Hi,
       This functionality is built into XSLT 2.0. See the following for an
example of using temporary trees.

<xsl:stylesheet
  version="2.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:import href="phase1.xsl"/>
<xsl:import href="phase2.xsl"/>

<xsl:variable name="intermediate">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="/" mode="phase1"/>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="$intermediate" mode="phase2"/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Further, read below about the use of modes.

The algorithm for matching nodes against template rules is exactly the same
regardless which tree the nodes come from; if nodes from different trees
cannot be distinguished by means of patterns, it is a good idea to use
modes to ensure that each tree is processed using the appropriate set of
template rules

Hope this helps.

cheers,
prakash








                                                                                                                                       
                      Tim Lebo                                                                                                         
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I am using Kay's Modified Identity Transform Pattern to add an
attribute (@number) to certain elements (object | link). The attribute
values are unique values. The input and output are show below.

Is it possible to "capture" the result of this ID-assignment
processing and continue to manipulate the temporary tree after the new
attributes have been added, thus allowing all processing to be
captured in a single stylesheet? This seems to touch on the
functionality of xsl:function and/or xsl:import. Any references to
sections of Kay's XSLT 2.0 ed 3 would be appreciated (I'm only on page
70 of a complete read-through).

Currently, I have two xsl sheets:
java -jar saxon8.jar input.xml modifiedIdentityTransform.xsl >
input-numbered.xml
java -jar saxon8.jar input-numbered.xml myadditionalProcessing.xsl >
finally-done.xml

I would like a single xsl that consolidates the functionality of both
xsls. myAdditionalProcessing.xsl could be anything that relies on the
@number attribute on the object and link elements.

Regards,
Tim Lebo

the input and output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <object id="a">
    <attribute name="color" value="red"/>
  </object>
  <object id="b">
     <attribute name="size" value="big"/>
  </object>
  <object id="c">
     <attribute name="size" value="small"/>
     <attribute name="color" value="purple"/>
  </object>
  <link fromobject="c" toobject="b"/>
</root>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <object id="a" number="1">
      <attribute name="color" value="red"/>
  </object>
  <object id="b" number="2">
     <attribute name="size" value="big"/>
  </object>
  <object id="c" number="3">
     <attribute name="size" value="small"/>
     <attribute name="color" value="purple"/>
  </object>
  <link fromobject="c" toobject="b" number="4"/>
</root>[





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