XSLT in IE: adding js object to a stylesheet

Vx · August 22nd, 2006, 08:27 AM

Hi,

Could somebody tell me is it possible to set a property for an object added to a stylesheet with addObject(obj, namespace) method depending on values calculated during the transformation? Or (which is more desired) to pass parameters to its method call?
What I am trying to do is to use this object as a class factory for objects which wrap functionality (event handlers) for html elements created as a result of transformation.
So I need something like

Code:

<xsl:variable name="path" select="@path" />    
<xsl:variable name="type" select="@type" />
<xsl:variable name="index" select="xslObj:add('{$type}','{$path}')" />
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="doSomething({$index});">
    <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
</a>

Joe, please help me, I know it's your area of responsibility ;).

joefawcett · August 22nd, 2006, 10:15 AM

I don't see why not, if your object has the requisite method and the parameters are of the expected type. Your syntax is wrong though, assuming xslObj is the namespace then it would be:

Code:

<xsl:variable name="index" select="xslObj:add($type, $path)" />

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Vx · August 22nd, 2006, 11:00 AM

Thanks a lot,

After your confirmation I've overcome it eventually.
Yes, I tried it with correct syntax originally as well, but the problem was that I received the following structure

Code:

path = { 
    item, 
    length: 1, 
    _newEnum {...} 
}

as an argument of my object's method whereas I expected just a plain string will be passed as a parameter of xslObj:add() method in the following code:

Code:

xsl
...
<xsl:variable name="path" select="@path" /> 
<xsl:variable name="index" select="xslObj:add($path)" />
...
javascript
myObject.prototype.add = function(path) {
    ...
}

And only after your answer I guessed (better later than never) to enumerate an argument and got path[0] was my desired parameter and it is not a string but a full-fledged attribute node (path[0].nodeType == 2) from my transformed xml document.
So in xslObj:add($path) - $path is a nodelist. Should I have expected it this way considering my code above?

Thank you once again and excuse my terrible English.