Re: Can templates be invoked based on the value of a

I would like to be able to invoke templates based on the value of a variable.

I've done some Internet searching, but haven't seen what I'm looking for, so
I don't know whether it's possible or not. My various attempts have failed.

My data has the structure:

<data>
   <item1>
       ...
   </item1>
   <item2>
       ....
   </item2>
</data>

I want to process the nodes <item1/> or <item2/>, but not both, depending on
a variable derived from some other processing. The outline of the XSL
processing
that I'd like to do is:

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

<xsl:template match="data">

<xsl:variable name="i">2</xsl:variable>

<!-- $item will have a value of either "item1" or "item2" -->
<xsl:variable name="item">item<xsl:value-of select="$i"/></ xsl:variable>

<!-- Want to invoke template for either item1 or item2, but
not both. -->
<!-- Would like to avoid using a 'choose' statement. -->
<!-- This does not work, but is conceptually what I'm thinking. -->
<xsl:apply-templates select="$item" />

</xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="item1">
       ...
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="item2">
       ...
   </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

I could use a <choose/> statement to do the selection based on the
$item variable,
but I'm wondering whether there is a more "elegant" way, or whether
the <choose/>
is the way to go even though the code is longer and "bulkier".

Thanks for suggestions.

-- Mike