XSLT Extension function problem?

[harryajh]

Using xalan 2.7.1

I'm using XSLT extension functions to retrieve special bits of code
from a java class static methoth during transformation.

What I'd like to know is if there is anyway to specify a param passed
in to the stylesheet as an argument in the extension function?

I currently something like this -

<xsl:value-of select="ext:getXSLTCode('part1', 'true')"/>

but what I'd like to do is something like this -

<xsl:param name="partNo"/>

<xsl:value-of select="ext:getXSLTCode($partNo, 'true')"/>

Obvioulsy this doesn't work & nor does having a nested value-of - has
anyone any idea if this is actually possible? if not any workarounds?

thanks in advance

harry

[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

* harryajh wrote in comp.text.xml:

>What I'd like to know is if there is anyway to specify a param passed
in to the stylesheet as an argument in the extension function?

I currently something like this -

<xsl:value-of select="ext:getXSLTCode('part1', 'true')"/>

but what I'd like to do is something like this -

<xsl:param name="partNo"/>

<xsl:value-of select="ext:getXSLTCode($partNo, 'true')"/>

Obvioulsy this doesn't work & nor does having a nested value-of - has
anyone any idea if this is actually possible? if not any workarounds?

I am not sure what is obvious about this; perhaps you did not set the
parameter to a specific value? Does it work if you use string($partNo)
instead? Do you get some error message? You can find the documentation
at <http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/extensions.html#ext-functions>.
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[harryajh]

On 22 Apr, 11:40, Bjoern Hoehrmann <[e-mail]:

* harryajh wrote in comp.text.xml:

What I'd like to know is if there is anyway to specify a param passed
in to the stylesheet as an argument in the extension function?

I currently something like this -

<xsl:value-of select="ext:getXSLTCode('part1', 'true')"/>

but what I'd like to do is something like this -

<xsl:param name="partNo"/>

<xsl:value-of select="ext:getXSLTCode($partNo, 'true')"/>

Obvioulsy this doesn't work & nor does having a nested value-of - has
anyone any idea if this is actually possible? if not any workarounds?

I am not sure what is obvious about this; perhaps you did not set the
parameter to a specific value? Does it work if you use string($partNo)
instead? Do you get some error message? You can find the documentation
at <http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/extensions.html#ext-functions>.
--
Björn Höhrmann · mailto:[e-mail] ·http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de
Weinh. Str. 22 · Telefon: [phone] ·http://www.bjoernsworld.de
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Thankyou Björn for such a quick reply, I've tried both those methods
and although no error is given the parameter is passedd empty!

i.e

<xsl:variable name="partNo" select="testvalue"/>
<xsl:value-of select="ext:getXSLTCode(string($partNo), $partNo)"/>

in my Java code

public static String getXSLTCode(String key, String internalOnly)
...

both key & internalOnly == ""

[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

* harryajh wrote in comp.text.xml:

>Thankyou Björn for such a quick reply, I've tried both those methods
and although no error is given the parameter is passedd empty!

i.e

<xsl:variable name="partNo" select="testvalue"/>

Do you have an element <testvalueat the right position and if yes,
what is its contents? If you wanted to specify a string, you have to
put it in quote marks like so:

<xsl:variable name="partNo" select=" 'testvalue' "/>

I've added spaces around the value to clarify what I mean. If you do
not quote the value, it will treat the identifer as element name.
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[harryajh]

On 22 Apr, 12:24, Bjoern Hoehrmann <[e-mail]:

* harryajh wrote in comp.text.xml:

Thankyou Björn for such a quick reply, I've tried both those methods
and although no error is given the parameter is passedd empty!

i.e

<xsl:variable name="partNo" select="testvalue"/>

Do you have an element <testvalueat the right position and if yes,
what is its contents? If you wanted to specify a string, you have to
put it in quote marks like so:

<xsl:variable name="partNo" select=" 'testvalue' "/>

I've added spaces around the value to clarify what I mean. If you do
not quote the value, it will treat the identifer as element name.
--
Björn Höhrmann · mailto:[e-mail] ·http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de
Weinh. Str. 22 · Telefon: [phone] ·http://www.bjoernsworld.de
68309 Mannheim · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 ·http://www.websitedev.de/

think I've fixed it now Björn, not really sure what the problem was,
many thanks for your help!