Reference XSLT inside of another XSLT

keevil · February 22nd, 2012, 05:11 AM

Hello basically i am woundering if it would be possible to reference one XSLT from another.

In terms of code this is that i mean. Below is the code full code that i want to use:

Code:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
    <xsl:param name="time_generated"></xsl:param>
    <xsl:template match="/getDeliveryPdfResponse">
        <response>
            <header>
                <xsl:choose>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 0">
                        <status>200</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 1">
                        <status>201</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 2">
                        <status>202</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 3">
                        <status>203</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 4">
                        <status>204</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 5">
                        <status>205</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 6">
                        <status>206</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 7">
                        <status>207</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 8">
                        <status>208</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 9">
                        <status>209</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                </xsl:choose>
                <message_detail><xsl:value-of select="rmessage"></xsl:value-of></message_detail>
                <apikey_detail>
                    <class/>
                    <rate-limit-remaining/>
                    <rate-limit-reset/>
                </apikey_detail>
            </header>
            <data>
                <xsl:copy-of select="payload/node()"/>
            </data>
        </response>	
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

However this chunk

Code:

                <xsl:choose>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 0">
                        <status>200</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 1">
                        <status>201</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 2">
                        <status>202</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 3">
                        <status>203</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 4">
                        <status>204</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 5">
                        <status>205</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 6">
                        <status>206</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 7">
                        <status>207</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 8">
                        <status>208</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                    <xsl:when test="rcode = 9">
                        <status>209</status>
                    </xsl:when>
                </xsl:choose>

I want to source from another external XSLT so that i can use it in many different XSLT and therefore if i ever want to update a status code i only have to change one XSLT not the 100's that we have.

Is this possible?

Many Thanks

mhkay · February 22nd, 2012, 05:37 AM

Sure, you can use xsl:include or xsl:import to incorporate code from one stylesheet module into another.

Mind you, I would be strongly temped to replace your xsl:choose with

Code:

<status><xsl:value-of select="rcode + 200"/></status>

keevil · February 22nd, 2012, 06:14 AM

Thank you for your reply. I have been looking into it a little further and correct me if i am wrong. When you do an include it caches the referenced XSLT. Does this happen for an import to? As this would then cause a huge issue when altering the imported XSLT?!

In addition thank you for the idea to use:

Code:

<status><xsl:value-of select="rcode + 200"/></status>

However wouldnt the

Code:

"rcode + 200"

Part mean that it would then output both the rcode and 200. However i only want to see the 200

many thanks