Mike,
That sounds like an interesting approach.
Can you give me a code snippet of how it might look?
Thanks
Scott
--- Mike Haarman <mhaarman(_at_)infinitecampus(_dot_)org> wrote:
Scott,
You could use import precedence to manage this
requirement. Let your main XSL
file be a driver which imports the desired template
behavior based on the value
of mode.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Powell" <scotthpowell(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>
To: <XSL-List(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: [xsl] Arbitrary XML document merge and
styling with XSLT
Thanks for all the advice on the site for merging
multiple XML documents into one.
In all of the samples I've seen, the merging XSLT
file
applies the same templates to all source nodes.
What
if you want different styles applied to nodes with
the
same name from the two documents?
Let's say page.xml lists all the xml files to
merge
(see below); the mode node indicates which
template
mode to use in the transformation file. Page.xsl
contains the transformation instructions, making
the
appropriate document() calls as needed.
But I've discovered that apply-templates' mode=""
value must be a constant. All my efforts to use
the
mode value from page.xml have fallen over.
Is there a way to do this sort of "generic" merge
within a single xsl file without hard-coding the
match
logic or using xsl:if's?
Can name spaces help me here some how?
Of would I be better off handling this within an
ASP
script? ASP could read page.xml and then call a
series of transforms based on the <element> nodes?
Thanks for your advice and help....
Scott
======================================================
page.xml (contains a list of xml files to merge
along
with a MODE element I'd like to use to dictate
which
templates should be applied in the page.xsl file)
======================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<page>
<element>
<mode>main</mode>
<file>main_menu.xml</file>
</element>
<element>
<mode>left</mode>
<file>left_menu.xml</file>
</element>
</page>
======================================================
page.xsl (Attempts to load each file in page.xml
and
apply-templates. But I'd like to differentiate
which
templates are used for nodes with the same name
where
I want different styling)
======================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
<xsl:output method="html"/>
<xsl:template match="page">
<xsl:for-each select="element">
<xsl:apply-templates select="document(file)"
mode="**** I would like to use the MODE value in
the
file but all attempts to use a variable here are
rejected ****"></xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="menu" mode="main">
<!-- formatting code -->
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="menu" mode="left">
<!-- formatting code -->
</xsl:template>
======================================================
left_menu.xml (contains a list of graphic refs for
a
navigation menu)
======================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE menu SYSTEM "menu.dtd">
<menu name="weddings">
<item name="weddings_menu_how" href="index.htm">
<icon>
<iconOn width="101"
height="18">weddings_menu_how.gif</iconOn>
<iconOff width="101"
height="18">weddings_menu_how_f2.gif</iconOff>
<alt>how & why</alt>
</icon>
</item>
</menu>
=====================================================
main_menu.xml (contains a simple list of links and
labels for a top nav bar)
=====================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE menu SYSTEM "menu.dtd">
<menu>
<item href="index.htm">
<label>home</label>
</item>
<item href="../tours/subpage.asp">
<label>travel & tours</label>
</item>
</menu>
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