Problem with template

nelly78 · November 10th, 2009, 10:52 AM

Hi All,

how can i use template inside a template. Like below example.

Code:

 
<xsl:template name="Interest">
 
<xsl:template match="Apply">
 
 ... some code here
 
</xsl:template>

Thanks

Nelly

samjudson · November 10th, 2009, 11:06 AM

You can't, as xsl:template is a top level declaration.

If you explain what you are trying to accomplish (i.e. show us your input XML, and a sample output XML) then we can probably tell you how to do what you want.

Hari7 · November 10th, 2009, 11:25 AM

Hi sam... thanks for your reply.

What i am trying to do is i have created a name template in that template i am receiving parameters from call template. In name template i want to compare values of attribute in xml document with parameter values.

below is the code:

Code:

<xsl:template match="Apply">

  <xsl:call-template name="Activity">
  
   <xsl:with-param name="ID">              
                <xsl:apply-templates select="./user/@ID"/>
   </xsl:with-param>

  </xsl:call-template>        

</xsl:template>



 <xsl:template name="Activity">
        <xsl:param name="ID"/>


        <xsl:apply-templates select="document('employee.xml')"/>

         <xsl:template match="employee">
            <xsl:if test="@ID=$ID">

		 <xsl:value-of select="profile/title"></xsl:value-of>

            </xsl:if>         
 	 </xsl:template>
        


 </xsl:template>

I want to compare the value and read the data from XMl document.

Thanks

samjudson · November 10th, 2009, 11:38 AM

I have no idea - I said to show us your input XML, and what you want your output XML to look like. I have no idea what they look like so I can only imagine how the above is incorrect.

Martin Honnen · November 10th, 2009, 11:44 AM

I think you might want

Code:

 <xsl:template name="Activity">
        <xsl:param name="ID"/>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="document('employee.xml')//employee[@ID = $ID]"/>       
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match="employee">
         <xsl:value-of select="profile/title"></xsl:value-of>  
 </xsl:template>

nelly78 · November 10th, 2009, 12:15 PM

Hi Marin... Thank you very much.

You are absolutly right, i wanted the same think and its working perfectly for my scenario.

Thanks Again.

nelly78 · November 10th, 2009, 12:29 PM

Hi Martin,

Just a quick question in below code, how can i access 'name' parameter in the last template.

Code:

 
<xsl:template match="Apply">
  <xsl:call-template name="Activity">
  
   <xsl:with-param name="ID">              
                <xsl:apply-templates select="./dept/@name"/>
   </xsl:with-param>
  </xsl:call-template>        
</xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template name="Activity">
        <xsl:param name="ID"/>
        <xsl:param name="Name"/>

        <xsl:apply-templates select="document('employee.xml')"/>                

 </xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="department">
 <xsl:if test="@name=$name">           
            <xsl:apply-templates/>            
        </xsl:if>  
 </xsl:template>

'name' parameter is coming from call template.

Thanks

Nelly

Martin Honnen · November 10th, 2009, 12:53 PM

Both xsl:call-template and xsl:apply-templates allow you to pass on parameters thus you can pass parameters on. If you use XSLT 2.0 you can use tunnel parameters to ensure the parameters are passed on even if you don't explicitly do that e.g.

Code:

 <xsl:template name="Activity">
        <xsl:param name="ID"/>
        <xsl:param name="Name"/>

        <xsl:apply-templates select="document('employee.xml')">
          <xsl:with-param name="Name" select="$Name" tunnel="yes"/>
        </xsl:apply-templates>

 </xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="department">
 <xsl:param name="Name" tunnel="yes"/>
 <xsl:if test="@name = $Name">           
            <xsl:apply-templates/>            
        </xsl:if>  
 </xsl:template>

nelly78 · November 11th, 2009, 11:07 AM

Hi Matin than for your reply..

There is a little problem in parameter value:

In the below code i can see the value in '$Name'

Code:

<xsl:template name="Activity">
        <xsl:param name="ID"/>
        <xsl:param name="Name"/>

        <xsl:apply-templates select="document('employee.xml')">
          <xsl:with-param name="Name" select="$Name" tunnel="yes"/>
        </xsl:apply-templates>

 </xsl:template>

But here value '$Name' is showing empty:

Code:

<xsl:template match="department">
 <xsl:param name="Name" tunnel="yes"/>
 <xsl:if test="@name = $Name">           
            <xsl:apply-templates/>            
        </xsl:if>  
 </xsl:template>

where i am doing wrong?

Thanks
Nelly

Martin Honnen · November 11th, 2009, 11:23 AM

Are you using XSLT 2.0 with an XSLT 2.0 processor like Saxon 9 or AltovaXML tools? Tunnel parameters are a new feature in XSLT 2.0.