apply to an XSL?

[Chris Newland <cn...@nortelnetworks.com>]

Hi, 

Is it possible to write <xsp:logic> tags into an XSL file and add
<?cocoon-process type="xsp"?> to the top of the file to allow conditional
sections in XSL stylesheets.

I would like to be able to do something like:


<?cocoon-process type="xsp"?>

<xsl:template match="effect">

	<xsp:logic>
		if (<xsl:value-of select="@effect"/>.equals("bold")) {
			<b><xsl:apply-templates/></b>
		}
		else {
			<i><xsl:apply-templates/></i>
		}	
	</xsp:logic>

</xsl:template>

I would imagine that the XSL would undergo an XSP processing step to produce
the completed XSL and this would then be applied to the XML document using
an XSLT processing step.

Is this within the realms of possibility?

Thanks,

Chris

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Re: apply to an XSL?

[Ulrich Mayring <ul...@denic.de>]

Chris Newland wrote:
> 
> I would imagine that the XSL would undergo an XSP processing step to
> produce the completed XSL and this would then be applied to the XML
> document using an XSLT processing step.
> 
> Is this within the realms of possibility?

I don't think it's possible, for a simple reason: In your XML file you
specify an XSLT processing step. Once that step is reached, the
mentioned XSL file is passed to the XSLT processor. This processor does
not know what to do with other processing instructions encountered -
only the cocoon engine knows about the cocoon PIs. And the cocoon engine
only acts on the file you requested via URI.

Ulrich

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