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Paul
Paul

Reputation: 459

XSLT Template mode - xpath evaluation

I want to dynamically change the apply-templates mode based on the source XML's attribute, like this:

<xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="@myAttribute">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="@myAttribute"/>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="someOtherMode"/>
    </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

Is it possible to evaluate the XPath in the mode attribute? Is there some other approach?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 323

Answers (1)

JLRishe
JLRishe

Reputation: 101680

No, there isn't a way to use a dynamic value for the mode attribute. It has to be static. In your case, I would suggest doing something like this (using the name myNode as the context node for your example above):

<xsl:template match="myNode[@myAttribute = 'someValue']" mode="specialHandling">
   <!-- template contents -->
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="myNode[@myAttribute = 'someOtherValue']" mode="specialHandling">
   <!-- template contents -->
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="myNode[@myAttribute = 'aThirdValue']" mode="specialHandling">
   <!-- template contents -->
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="myNode[not(@myAttribute)]" mode="specialHandling">
   <!-- template contents -->
</xsl:template>

Then you don't even need that xsl:choose. You can just do:

<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="specialHandling" />

Upvotes: 3

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