Saxon Template Reference

[asearle]

Hi everyone,

I hope this is a simple (syntax) thing and that someone can point me in the right direction.

At the moment, I am successfully processing an XML file with Saxon (from the command line) and get the output that I expect.

However, the XSL file that I have 'inherited' contains multiple templates. e.g.

<xsl:template match="/">
XSL ... stuff
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="record">
More XSL ... stuff
</xsl:template>

So far my processing only takes the first template so now I need to know how to get it to process the file using the second template.

Here is my calling syntax (written all on one line normally) ...

java -jar saxon9he.jar -t -s:c:\xml\fragment.xml -xsl:c:\xml\xsl_file.xsl -o:c:\xml\fragment.txt

I am sure that all I need to do is to 'plug' in a reference to the named template and indeed the saxon documentation mentions various parameter options but I am not clear about how this is implemented.

Anyway, I hope that someone has a little tip or a snippet of code for me.

Regards and thanks,
Alan

[jkmyoung]

What is in your XSL ... stuff ?
Do you have a <xsl:apply-templates select="record"/> or something like that in the main template?

[asearle]

Yes, there is also this in the main template ...

<xsl:for-each select="xxxFile/Record">
<xsl:call-template name="record"/>
</xsl:for-each>

Which means I am barking up the wrong tree.

There are differences between the XSL and the XML which is the reason why no records are being returned.

Your question nudged me in the right direction and now I can investigate further.

Many thanks,
Alan