While this is not allowed in XSLT, one can accomplish the passing functions
as parameters.
For XSLT 1.0, 2.0 see the FXSL library.
The XSLT 3.0 / XPath 3.0 and 3.1 standards support higher order functions.
Cheers,
Dimitre
On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 3:20 AM Kerry, Richard
richard(_dot_)kerry(_at_)atos(_dot_)net <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
Normally I would specify apply-template's mode as a literal, eg:
<x:apply-templates mode="inputs" />
I have a number of instances of similar code which need to have different
modes, eg:
<x:apply-templates mode="outputs" />
I'd like to extract all of this into a separate block that I will call
with these two values.
<x:variable name="match-mode" >inputs</x:variable>
<x:apply-templates mode="$match-mode" />
Doesn't work. Saxon reports:
Static error at x:apply-templates on line 47 column 74 of xxx.xsl:
XTSE0020: Mode name {$match-mode} is not a valid QName
OK, so it's a QName, not a string.
So I try:
<x:variable name="match-mode" as="xs:QName" >inputs</x:variable>
<x:apply-templates mode="$match-mode" />
Again giving:
Static error at x:apply-templates on line 47 column 74 of
AlarmsAllToDot.xsl:
XTSE0020: Mode name {$match-mode} is not a valid QName
(xs is defined as xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; )
So just telling it to be a QName doesn't seem to work.
I think this syntax for variable means 'inputs' is a text node, so what
about:
<x:variable name="match-mode" as="xs:QName" select="'inputs'" />
<x:apply-templates mode="$match-mode" />
So do I need to do something more actively to generate a QName?
There is a QName function, so how about:
<x:variable name="match-mode" as="xs:QName" select="QName('', 'inputs')" />
<x:apply-templates mode="$match-mode" />
Giving me the same error.
So, where am I gong wrong?
The QName function takes two strings, the first being the namespace. So
is that wrong to be blank?
Is "inputs" in my namespace? Or is it XSLT's?
Given that this will be fed directly to apply-templates, presumably it
needs to be in XSLT's, so how about:
<x:variable name="match-mode" as="xs:QName" select="QName('x', 'inputs')"
/>
<x:apply-templates mode="$match-mode" />
(x is defined as xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";)
Giving the same error.
Or is this about how it is presented to apply-templates?
Am I right to use mode="$match-mode", or should that be done differently?
So, I've tried a few options but I suspect there's something important I'm
missing about QNames and the mode attribute.
Please can someone advise.
Regards,
Richard.
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