Jason,
Try this:
<xsl:template match="commonref" mode="quux">
<xsl:variable name="attribute">
<xsl:call-template name="setattribute">
<xsl:with-param name="node" select="."/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:variable>
...
</xsl:template>
The rest, you can probably work out.
Note that strictly speaking you don't need to pass the "node" parameter in
or even have the parameter (since the current node of the called template
is the same as when it's called); although to have it certainly has its
advantages, and can be a very good idea (it makes the template more
versatile, etc.).
Enjoy,
Wendell
At 10:07 AM 5/26/2003, you wrote:
I'm trying to cut down on the duplication of XML and XSL in my
project....
...I'm not very fond of this kind of
cut-and-paste development so I tried to write a call-template function
to manage these variables, however, if I do that the scope of the
variables doesn't reach my mode function. For example:
<xsl:template match="commonref" mode="quux">
<xsl:call-template name="set-vars">
<xsl:with-param name="node" select="."/>
</xsl:call-template>
<xsl:value-of select="$attribute"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="set-vars">
<xsl:param name="node/>
<xsl:variable name="attribute">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="node/@attribute">
<xsl:value-of select="node/@attribute"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="id(node/@idref)/@attribute"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
</xsl:template>
Does not work and gives an error that the variable is out of scope.
Sensible. But my question is how to I compartmentalize this code so I
don't have to cut-and-paste it all over the place (btw there are about
5 variables I need to do this with each time -- so the c-n-p is a lot
more than it seems here).
Suggestions?
-j
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