XSLT indirect variable lookup

[Zachary Turner]

Let's say I have a variable defined as follows:

<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_1" value="'test_va lue_A'"/>
<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_2" value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_3" value="'test_va lue_C'"/>

Then, somewhere else in my source document I have some elements like
this:

<some-doc-element param="2"/>
<some-doc-element param="3"/>
<some-doc-element param="1"/>

I want to transform this into the following:

<destination-element value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_C'"/>
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_A'"/>

Essentially, this would consist of a couple steps:

1) Reading the value of the proper source element attribute
2) Programmaticall y create a string that specifies the name of the
variable to look up
3) Retrieve the 'value' parameter of the variable determined in #2.
4) Output the value determined in #3 to the document.

Step 3 is what I don't know how to do. I have the -name- of a
variable stored in the value of another variable, and I want to use
that variable to find the variable with that name.

Is something like this even possible? I can make a huge if statement
if necessary, but this seems more elegant, and easier to understand.

Thanks

[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

* Zachary Turner wrote in comp.text.xml:

>Let's say I have a variable defined as follows:

<xsl:variabl e name="test_vari able_1" value="'test_va lue_A'"/>
<xsl:variabl e name="test_vari able_2" value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
<xsl:variabl e name="test_vari able_3" value="'test_va lue_C'"/>

This is not a good idea. I would recommend to use something like

<my:map xmlns:my='http://example.org/...'>
<my:item key='1' value='test_val ue_A' />
<my:item key='2' value='test_val ue_B' />
...

>Then, somewhere else in my source document I have some elements like
this:

<some-doc-element param="2"/>
<some-doc-element param="3"/>
<some-doc-element param="1"/>

I want to transform this into the following:

<destination-element value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_C'"/>
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_A'"/>

.... then you can simply use something like

...
<xsl:variable name='param' select='@param' />
<destination-element value="{
document('')//my:map/my:item[ @key = $param ]/@value
}"/>
...

The document('') refers to the XSLT document, then it looks up the map
in it based on the key (the param attribute) and uses the value of the
value attribute in the map in the output.

>3) Retrieve the 'value' parameter of the variable determined in #2.

That is not possible using only XSLT 1.0 features, and poor design.
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[Martin Honnen]

Zachary Turner wrote:

Let's say I have a variable defined as follows:

<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_1" value="'test_va lue_A'"/>
<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_2" value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_3" value="'test_va lue_C'"/>

Then, somewhere else in my source document I have some elements like
this:

<some-doc-element param="2"/>
<some-doc-element param="3"/>
<some-doc-element param="1"/>

I want to transform this into the following:

<destination-element value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_C'"/>
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_A'"/>

<xsl:template match="some-doc-element[@param = '1'">
<destination-element value="{$test_v ariable_1}"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="some-doc-element[@param = '2'">
<destination-element value="{$test_v ariable_2}"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="some-doc-element[@param = '3'">
<destination-element value="{$test_v ariable_3}"/>
</xsl:template>
That will output e.g.
<destination-element value="test_val ue_B"/>
If you really want
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
then you need

<xsl:template match="some-doc-element[@param = '1'">
<destination-element value="'{$test_ variable_1}'"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="some-doc-element[@param = '2'">
<destination-element value="'{$test_ variable_2}'"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="some-doc-element[@param = '3'">
<destination-element value="'{$test_ variable_3}'"/>
</xsl:template>

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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Ixa]

3) Retrieve the 'value' parameter of the variable determined in #2.
[...]

Is something like this even possible?

Yes, but only by an extension.

http://www.exslt.org/dyn/functions/evaluate/
http://saxon.sourceforge.net/saxon7.....html#evaluate

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Ixa

[Dimitre Novatchev]

Yes, it is possible and it is not a good design.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.
"Zachary Turner" <di***********@ gmail.comwrote in message
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Let's say I have a variable defined as follows:

<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_1" value="'test_va lue_A'"/>
<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_2" value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
<xsl:variable name="test_vari able_3" value="'test_va lue_C'"/>

Then, somewhere else in my source document I have some elements like
this:

<some-doc-element param="2"/>
<some-doc-element param="3"/>
<some-doc-element param="1"/>

I want to transform this into the following:

<destination-element value="'test_va lue_B'"/>
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_C'"/>
<destination-element value="'test_va lue_A'"/>

Essentially, this would consist of a couple steps:

1) Reading the value of the proper source element attribute
2) Programmaticall y create a string that specifies the name of the
variable to look up
3) Retrieve the 'value' parameter of the variable determined in #2.
4) Output the value determined in #3 to the document.

Step 3 is what I don't know how to do. I have the -name- of a
variable stored in the value of another variable, and I want to use
that variable to find the variable with that name.

Is something like this even possible? I can make a huge if statement
if necessary, but this seems more elegant, and easier to understand.

Thanks