Re: How to call an XSLT function whose name isn't know

Thank you, Dr. Kay,

>
> This can be simplified to:
>
> <xsl:variable name="vFuns" as="map(xs:string, function(*))"
>    select="map {
>    'move' : f:move#0,
>    'stop' : f:stop#0
>    }
>    "
>   />
>

Yes, I know the f:fun#Arity syntax but could never force myself to use
it -- still seems rather "unnatural".

As for:

> <xsl:map>
>   <xsl:map-entry key="'move'" select="f:move#0"/>
>   <xsl:map-entry key="'stop'" select="f:stop#0"/>
> </xsl:map>

this seems of little use as the <xsl:map> instruction has to be
enclosed in the body of an <xsl:variable> -- so isn't it better just
to define the map in the `select` attribute of the variable
declaration?

Also, why use the verbose <xsl:map-entry> as compared to the XPath way
of writing a map-literal? I know that this can be useful in
dynamically creating a map when the number of key-value pairs is
determined at runtime -- but this still isn't the case in this
question.

Cheers,
Dimitre


On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 12:59 AM Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This can be simplified to:
>
> <xsl:variable name="vFuns" as="map(xs:string, function(*))"
>    select="map {
>    'move' : f:move#0,
>    'stop' : f:stop#0
>    }
>    "
>   />
>
>
> You can also use XSLT syntax:
>
> <xsl:map>
>   <xsl:map-entry key="'move'" select="f:move#0"/>
>   <xsl:map-entry key="'stop'" select="f:stop#0"/>
> </xsl:map>
>
>
> On 7 Dec 2019, at 01:45, Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I also like this XSLT/XPath 3 way:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="3.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>   xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:f="my:f">
>   <xsl:param name="pFunName" select="'move'" as="xs:string"/>
>
>   <xsl:variable name="vFuns" as="map(xs:string, function(*))"
>    select="map {
>    'move' : function() as xs:string {f:move()},
>    'stop' : function() as xs:string {f:stop()}
>    }
>    "
>   />
>
>   <xsl:function name="f:move" as="xs:string">
>     Move
>   </xsl:function>
>
>   <xsl:function name="f:stop" as="xs:string">
>     Stop
>   </xsl:function>
>
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:value-of select="$vFuns('move')(), $vFuns('stop')()"/>
>   </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> In this line of the code:
>
>      <xsl:value-of select="$vFuns('move')(), $vFuns('stop')()"/>
>
> we can also pass string variables or expressions that produce string and not
just the literal name of the function.
>
> When this simple example is run (against any XML document -- not used), we
get the expected result:
>
>     Move
>
>     Stop
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dimitre
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 9:20 AM Costello, Roger L. costello@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I have an XSLT variable, $function-to-invoke, that holds the name of an
XSLT function to be invoked. For example, if $function-to-invoke holds the
string "move" then I  want my XSLT program to invoke the function with that
name, i.e., invoke f:move(...). Is there a way for XSLT to call a function
whose name isn't known till run-time?
>>
>> /Roger
>>
>
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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
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