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Fellow XSLers,
How can I use a string param passed on the command line as an XPath?
E.g., if I have this XML:
and I want to have a general-purpose XSL that I can pass an XPath to output any desired XML fragment. So I tried this:
passing xpath="/library/book[title='Bob']". But of course, it just outputs this:
/library/book[title='Bob']
while I really wanted the node at that XPath:
Is there a function or syntax in XSLT 1 or 2 that will evaluate the XPath at run-time?
(BTW, I'm using SaxonPE 9.3 on Linux, if that matters.)
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Univ. Colorado & NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Enterprise Data Systems 325 S. Broadway, Skaggs 1B-305, Boulder, CO 80305
Office: 303-497-6487, Cell: 303-579-5615, Email: richard.fozzard@xxxxxxxx
[xsl] How to pass an XPath as a param and evaluate it?
Subject: [xsl] How to pass an XPath as a param and evaluate it? From: Richard Fozzard <Richard.Fozzard@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:13:16 -0600 |
Fellow XSLers,
How can I use a string param passed on the command line as an XPath?
E.g., if I have this XML:
<library> <book> <title>Bob</title> </book> </library>
and I want to have a general-purpose XSL that I can pass an XPath to output any desired XML fragment. So I tried this:
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/> <xsl:param name="xpath"/> <!-- passed on command line as a param -->
<xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:copy-of select="$xpath"/> </xsl:template>
passing xpath="/library/book[title='Bob']". But of course, it just outputs this:
/library/book[title='Bob']
while I really wanted the node at that XPath:
<book> <title>Bob</title> </book>
Is there a function or syntax in XSLT 1 or 2 that will evaluate the XPath at run-time?
(BTW, I'm using SaxonPE 9.3 on Linux, if that matters.)
Thanks so much for any help! --Rich
Richard Fozzard, Computer Scientist Geospatial Metadata at NGDC: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Univ. Colorado & NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Enterprise Data Systems 325 S. Broadway, Skaggs 1B-305, Boulder, CO 80305
Office: 303-497-6487, Cell: 303-579-5615, Email: richard.fozzard@xxxxxxxx
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