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Re: outputting multiple documents based on a variable
- From: Joerg Heinicke <joerg dot heinicke at gmx dot de>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 20:32:42 +0200
- Subject: Re: [xsl] outputting multiple documents based on a variable
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Hello James,
multiple output is not possible in pure XSLT 1.0, but have a look at
extension functions (e.g. for XALAN:
http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/apidocs/org/apache/xalan/lib/Redirect.html).
Joerg
James M. Jackson Sanborn schrieb:
> Alright, I've looked through the archives, and can't find anything
> that seems directly applicable, so I thought I might try asking:
>
> I have a pile of records in one xml file-- (simplified example below):
> <books>
> <book>
> <title>book on animals</title>
> <subject>dogs</subject>
> <subject>cats</subject>
> <subject>snakes</subject>
> <subject>fish</subject>
> </book>
> <book>
> <title>book just on dogs</title>
> <subject>dogs</subject>
> </book>
> <book>
> <title>book just on cats</title>
> <subject>cats</subject>
> </book>
> </books>
>
> -- I want to use <xsl:document> to output multiple documents with a
> single xsl-- these documents will be pages that list together books
> that include a given subject (and are named _subject_.html-- eg.
> dogs.html, cats.html, snakes.html, etc.)
>
> In perl, I'd probably put the list of subjects for which I want to
> create pages into an array, and then cycle through the values in the
> array from start to finish, outputting a new document for each
> value-- can I use <xsl:param> like this? is there another array-like
> construct? or another simple solution I'm missing? or am I stuck
> replicating the xsl file for each different value?
>
> Thanks for any help on this.
> -James
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