http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:29:56 GMT DZone Snippets: re-use code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4842 This XSL uses the XML for creating another XSL file which renders a web page containing records for a specific project, but I have found the projects I am working on use similar page layouts (ie. menu, body(articles), inputs, and buttons), so it makes sense to re-use a generic template. <br /> <br /><code> <br /><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <br /><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <br /> <br /> <xsl:template match="recordx"> <br /> <xsl:variable name="colon"><xsl:text>:</xsl:text></xsl:variable> <br /> <xsl:element name="xsl:stylesheet"> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="xmlns{$colon}xsl"> <br /> <xsl:text>http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform</xsl:text> <br /> </xsl:attribute> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="version"> <br /> <xsl:text>1.0</xsl:text> <br /> </xsl:attribute> <br /> <xsl:element name="xsl:template"> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="match"> <br /> <xsl:value-of select="summary/project"/><xsl:text>page</xsl:text> <br /> </xsl:attribute> <br /> <xsl:copy-of select="menu/*"/> <br /> <xsl:copy-of select="articles/*"/> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> <xsl:element name="xsl:template"> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="match"> <br /> <xsl:value-of select="summary/project"/><xsl:text>page/inputs</xsl:text> <br /> </xsl:attribute> <br /> <xsl:element name="div"> <br /> <xsl:element name="dl"> <br /> <xsl:for-each select="records/fields"> <br /> <xsl:if test="c='true'"> <br /> <xsl:element name="xsl:apply-templates"> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="select"><xsl:copy-of select="field"/></xsl:attribute> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> </xsl:if> <br /> </xsl:for-each> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> <xsl:call-template name="inputx" /> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> </xsl:template> <br /> <br /> <xsl:template name="inputx"> <br /> <xsl:apply-templates select="records/fields"/> <br /> </xsl:template> <br /> <br /> <xsl:template match="records/fields"> <br /> <xsl:if test="c='true'"> <br /> <xsl:element name="xsl:template"> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="match"><xsl:value-of select="field"/></xsl:attribute> <br /> <dt> <br /> <xsl:element name="label"> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="for"><xsl:text>title</xsl:text></xsl:attribute> <br /> <xsl:element name="xsl:value-of"> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="select"><xsl:text>@title</xsl:text></xsl:attribute> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> </dt> <br /> <dd> <br /> <xsl:element name="input"> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="type"><xsl:text>text</xsl:text></xsl:attribute> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:text>title</xsl:text></xsl:attribute> <br /> <xsl:attribute name="size"><xsl:text>{@size}</xsl:text></xsl:attribute> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> </dd> <br /> </xsl:element> <br /> </xsl:if> <br /> </xsl:template> <br /> <br /></xsl:stylesheet> <br /></code> <br /> <br />... and here's the XML which is used by the XSL above. <br /> <br /><code> <br /><recordx> <br /><summary><project>books</project><parent_element>book_entry</parent_element></summary> <br /><menu> <br /> <div id="gboxes"> <br /> <ul> <br /> <li><a href="/empsearch/devsearch.xml?id=all">home</a></li> <br /> <li><a href="/main/development_blog.xml">development</a></li> <br /> </ul> <br /> </div> <br /></menu> <br /><articles> <br /> <div id="articles"> <br /> <h1>www<xsl:value-of select="@title" /></h1> <br /> <div> <br /> <xsl:apply-templates select="inputs"></xsl:apply-templates> <br /> </div> <br /> <div> <br /> <xsl:apply-templates select="buttons"></xsl:apply-templates> <br /> </div> <br /> <span id="in1"></span> <br /> </div> <br /></articles> <br /><records> <br /><fields id='17647'><field>author</field><c>true</c><r>true</r><u>true</u></fields> <br /><fields id='17675'><field>subject</field><c>true</c><r>true</r><u>false</u></fields> <br /><fields id='17699'><field>rating</field><c/><r/><u/></fields> <br /><fields id='17700'><field>last_modified</field><c/><r/><u/></fields> <br /></records> <br /></recordx> <br /></code> <br /> <br /> Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:56:00 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4842 jrobertson (James Robertson)