Variable name for call-template

[Julien Phalip]

Hi everyone!

I am trying to do a transformation from the xml file:

<foo>
<attribute>a</attribute>
...
</foo>

The xsl file is as follows:

<xsl:template name="foo">
<xsl:if test="attribute = 'a'">
<xsl:call-template name="a"/>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="attribute = 'b'">
<xsl:call-template name="b"/>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="attribute = 'c'">
<xsl:call-template name="c"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

I would like to make the xsl file simpler with something like:
<xsl:template name="foo">
<xsl:call-template name="{./attribute}"/>
</xsl:template>

But I got an error saying: "Could not find template named: {./attribute}"

Can anyboby help me with that?

Thanks a lot!

Julien Phalip

 

[Marrow]

Hi Julien,

Can't you just use apply-templates and rather than have named templates use
template matching? Something like...

<xsl:template name="foo">
<xsl:apply-templates select="attribute"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="attribute[. = 'a']">
...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="attribute[. = 'b']">
...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="attribute[. = 'c']">
...
</xsl:template>


Cheers
Marrow
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