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ashamim
ashamim

Reputation: 73

How can I read text as xpath expression

Ill much appreciate if any one can help me in finding a way to read a text as xpath expression

e.g. this is my xml document

<abc>
    <XYZ>
        <include>/citizen[./marital_status[text() ='married']]</include>
    </XYZ>
</abc>

and I am writing a stylesheet

    <xsl:template match="abc">
        <xsl:call-template name="evaluate">
            <xsl:with-param name="include">
                <xsl:apply-templates select="$include"/>
            </xsl:with-param>
        </xsl:call-template>
    </xsl:template>

The problem here is that the text of <include> element here is something i want to be an xpath expression in <xsl:apply-templates select="$include"/>. this will give me citizens who are married but here i just get the string "/citizen[./marital_status[text() ='married']]" itself as a result. Is there anypossible way of doing it ?

thanks in advance

Upvotes: 1

Views: 150

Answers (1)

Michael Kay
Michael Kay

Reputation: 163262

Check what's available in your chosen XSLT processor: see if it has some kind of xx:evaluate() extension function. If not, or if you want a portable solution, the alternative is to generate a stylesheet (or stylesheet module) containing the relevant expression, and then compile and execute the stylesheet.

Upvotes: 1

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