After sleeping on it I was able to answer my own question, however I suspect
that that p1 and p2 templates could be generalised to handle any named
parameter, but haven't figured that out yet.
<xsl:template name='i18n'>
<xsl:param name='caption'/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when
test='document("phrases.xml")/phrases/phrase/target[../@key=$caption/@key
and lang($language)]'>
<xsl:apply-templates
select='document("phrases.xml")/phrases/phrase/target[../@key=$caption/@key
and lang($language)]' mode='parameters'>
<xsl:with-param name='caption' select='$caption'/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy-of select='$caption' />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match='target' mode='parameters'>
<xsl:param name='caption'/>
<xsl:apply-templates mode='parameters'>
<xsl:with-param name='caption' select='$caption'/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match='p1' mode='parameters'>
<xsl:param name='caption'/>
<xsl:value-of select='$caption/p1/@value'/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match='p2' mode='parameters'>
<xsl:param name='caption'/>
<xsl:value-of select='$caption/p2/@value'/>
</xsl:template>
George
(Note to self: get more sleep).
-----Original Message-----
From: George James [mailto:GeorgeJ(_at_)georgejames(_dot_)com]
Sent: 23 March 2005 02:56
To: 'xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com'
Subject: [xsl] how to do i18n with parameter substitution
I have a template that does language substitution for text
strings. I want to extend this to be able to pass in a
variable number of parameter values that get substituted into
placeholder in each language string.
The current template looks something like this:
<xsl:template name='i18n'>
<xsl:param name='caption'/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when
test='document("phrases.xml")/phrases/phrase/target[../@key=$c
aption and lang($language)]'>
<xsl:copy-of
select='document("phrases.xml")/phrases/phrase/target[../@key=
$caption and lang($language)]' />
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy-of select='$caption' />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
I have a phrases.xml document that looks like this:
<phrase key='Client not on file'>
<target xml:lang='en'>Client number <p1/> not on file.
Priority: <p2/></target> <target xml:lang='de'>Priorität:
<p2/>. Klient Nr. <p1/> nicht auf Akte.</target> </phrase>
How can I extend my template so that will take as input
something like the
following:
<caption key='Client not on file'>
<p1 value='123456'/>
<p2 value='99'/>
</caption>
and produce one of the following strings, depending on the
language: Client number 123456 not on file. Priority: 99
Priorität: 99. Klient Nr. 123456 nicht auf Akte.
Can anyone help me with this?
George
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