RE: [xsl] Parameter in "xsl:include"

["Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>]

> Similar to Martin's question a month back, I want to use an
> external parameter/variable in an <xsl:include>. The
> difference is that each time the stylesheet is used, the
> parameter _may_ be different.

Lots of people want to do this, and you can't. xsl:include is a compile time
thing: you can't build a stylesheet that varies depending on its data, any
more than you can build a Java program that depends on its data.

There are a number of possible alternatives.

- select the stylesheet you want to use from a range of possible
stylesheets, and have this import shared stylesheet modules, rather than
starting with a general purpose stylesheet and having this select a
special-purpose one.

- use modes to control which sets of template rules are active

- do a multi-phase transformation, controlled from the processor's API, in
which the first phase makes decisions about which stylesheets to use for
subsequent phases.

Mike Kay
Software AG
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