Embedding XML from XSL inside a template

[cephelo]

Hello.

I'm relatively new to XSL but doing just fine, but I have a question
regarding <xsl:template name="foo"> elements:

I have something like this:

<xsl:template name="boxed-message">
<box type="rebound" method="smtp">
<default />
<reverse />
</box>
</xsl:template>

and I call it in other areas of code with:

<xsl:call-template name="boxed-message"></xsl:call-template>

Now, I can embed a simple string parameter using <xsl:with-param /> and
<xsl:param /> elements. How can I embed XML that *doesn't* come from
the XML document?

Example, one of the areas I have to use "boxed-message" requires a
fairly large segment of XML to be included betetween <default /> and
<reverse />.

I wanted to do something like...

<xsl:call-template name="boxed-message">
<delivery>
<tag-type>MD5</tag-type>
... the rest of my package here ...
</delivery>
</xsl:call-template>

but obviously that doesn't work.

Any tips?

Thanks,
Eric

[Joseph Kesselman]

You can pass XML structure as a parameter, not just simple strings:

<xsl:call-template name="boxed-message">
<xsl:with-param name="parmname">
<delivery>
... etcetera ...
</delivery>
</xsl:with-param>
</xsl:call-template>

In the template, you define and use the paramater just as you did for a
string.
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[Joe Kesselman]

Joseph Kesselman wrote:

paramater

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[tyrough]

Excellent, thank you! The closest I could find in any of the example
websites out there was <!-- content --> inside the <xsl:with-param />
tag. Combined with <xsl:copy-of it's working wonders. I couldn't find a
single site that showed actual nodes inside it. Could have been my
search terms, though...

Thanks again for the quick reply!

[Peter Flynn]

ce*****@gmail.com wrote:

Hello.

I'm relatively new to XSL but doing just fine, [...] Now, I can embed a simple string parameter using <xsl:with-param /> and
<xsl:param /> elements. How can I embed XML that *doesn't* come from
the XML document?
Do you mean embed XML which comes from another external document?
(In which case use the document() function).
Example, one of the areas I have to use "boxed-message" requires a
fairly large segment of XML to be included betetween <default /> and
<reverse />.

I wanted to do something like...

<xsl:call-template name="boxed-message">
<delivery>
<tag-type>MD5</tag-type>
... the rest of my package here ...
</delivery>
</xsl:call-template>

but obviously that doesn't work.

Ah...do you mean you want the output of a call to boxed-message to
create a *different* element structure on different occasions?

What determines which kind of output you want?

If the different types of output can be classed, then use a parameter to
pass the class identity, and use xsl:when inside xsl:choose within the
template to instantiate the different outputs.

///Peter
--
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[Peter Flynn]

Joe Kesselman wrote:

Joseph Kesselman wrote:

paramater

Oh, gods; I'm picking up my brother's typing habits... <sigh/><grin/>

That's someone who stands in loco matris to you, presumably :-)

///Peter