Hello,
I'm relatively new to XSLT programming but have quite a background in Visual
Basic. I've been writing some XSLT that works perfectly well, but I believe
it not to be of a high standard, but I struggle to see the reasons why.
Using templates sometimes seems to be more of a pain than not!
For example:
<xsl:template match="doc:Para">
<p>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="ancestor::doc:Body">
<xsl:number count="doc:Para" from="doc:Body" level="any"/>
<xsl:text>. </xsl:text>
<xsl:call-template name="prefix"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ancestor::doc:appendix">
<xsl:element name="font"
use-attribute-sets="attSetAppendixBody">
<xsl:call-template name="prefix"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:call-template name="prefix"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</p>
</xsl:template>
should it seems, not use the <xsl:choose>, but what benefit does this give?
Also,
<xsl:template match="doc:title">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="parent::doc:Table">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ancestor::doc:Summary">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../../../../doc:Section">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../../../../../../../doc:Section">
<p>
<xsl:element name="font"
use-attribute-sets="level3attrtitle>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</
</p>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<p>
<xsl:element name="font"
use-attribute-sets="level2attrtitle>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</
</p>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<p>
<xsl:element name="font"
use-attribute-sets="level1attrtitle>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</
</p>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../../../../doc:Section">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="../../../../../../../doc:Section">
<p>
<xsl:element name="font"
use-attribute-sets="level3attrtitle>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</
</p>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<p>
<xsl:element name="font"
use-attribute-sets="level2attrtitle>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</
</p>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<p>
<xsl:element name="font"
use-attribute-sets="level1attrtitle>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</
</p>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
etc
etc
So the question is essentially - this code doesn't use templates as much as
it should (right?), but what are the benefits of using templates in what to
a novice seems a gratuitous way?
Thanks,
Ian
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