Re: strong typed variable with restriction ?

Hi Matthieu,
    I would question the use of function for this need. Since the
input parameter has only 2 states ('foo' and 'bar'), perhaps an XSLT
code fragment as follows should be sufficient (i.e this looks like a
simple if-then-else kind of abstraction).

<xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="$foobar='foo'">
        <xsl:copy-of select="igs:get-my-foo-item()" />
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:when test="$foobar='bar'">
        <xsl:copy-of select="igs:get-my-bar-item()" />
    </xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>

I believe functions should normally be designed when input parameters
have potentially numerous states (of-course there may be exceptions to
this observation, but this appears to be commonsense module/function
design principle to me).

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Matthieu Ricaud-Dussarget
<matthieu.ricaud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a xsl:function which :
> - must return a element()
> - has a string param "foobar".
>
> I typed $foobar as xs:string but I'd like to restrict the possible values
to
> "foo" or "bar".
> I know it's possible to define such a constrain in a xsd schema, but is
> there a way to do that in xpath2 ?
>
> This typing is important because the returned element() is selected from a
> xsl:choose on $foobar value (with no otherwise) :
>
> My code looks like :
> <xsl:function name="igs:get-css-rule" as="element()">
> <xsl:param name="foobar" as="xs:string"/> <!--(foo|bar)-->
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="$foobar='foo'">
> <xsl:sequence select="igs:get-my-foo-item()"/>
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:when test="$css='bar'">
> <xsl:sequence select="igs:get-my-bar-item()"/>
> </xsl:when>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:function>
>
> And I get such a parsing B error on my xslt :
> B XTTE0570: Conditional expression: If none of the conditions is satisfied,
> an empty
> B sequence will be returned, but this is not allowed B [...]
>
> Should I import my own schema to my xsl to define my special type derived
> from xs:string ?
>
> Thanks for your advices,
>
> Matthieu.
>
>
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