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Re: xsl:template having both name and match

2005-03-07 09:49:59
Thank you for providing a nice example..

Regards,
Mukul

--- Dave Tucker <dbtucker(_at_)cs(_dot_)uri(_dot_)edu> wrote:
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 04:34:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>
Message-ID:
<20050303123410(_dot_)39196(_dot_)qmail(_at_)web41311(_dot_)mail(_dot_)yahoo(_dot_)com>

[...]

This means that we can write a xsl:template having
*both* name and match attributes..

I want to know in which circumstances such a
template
definition is useful.. Can somebody please provide
an
example where this has real practical use..?

Till now I have'nt felt such a need.. I always
create
xsl:template with name and match attributes as 2
seperate templates, and never in a single
template.. I
want to know the practical use when both name and
match attributes on xsl:template would be
required..

Yes, it has a practical use.

I use this capability to write templates where the
first invocation
comes from matching some source element, and
subsequent invocations
are from recursive calls.  For example:

  <xsl:template match="insert-events"
name="insert-events">
    <xsl:param name="days-from-now">0</xsl:param>

    <xsl:if test="$days-from-now &lt; 7">
      <!-- process this day -->
      <!-- ... -->

      <!-- recursively call insert-event for next
day -->
      <xsl:call-template name="insert-events">
        <xsl:with-param name="days-from-now"
select="$days-from-now + 1"/>
      </xsl:call-template>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>

Notice that this pattern also relies on having
default parameter
values.

Dave



        
                
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