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A very interesting feature of MSXML
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- Subject: [xsl] A very interesting feature of MSXML
- From: "Alexander Gutman" <gutman at novosoft-us dot com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:58:02 +0700
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Hello, friends.
I have just discovered a very interesting feature of MSXML.
If we transform this:
<root>
<one/>
<two/>
<three/>
</root>
via this:
<xsl:transform version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
xmlns:x="urn:x">
<msxsl:script language="JScript" implements-prefix="x">
var m = 'old';
function setMode(newMode){ m = newMode; return 'changed' }
function mode(){ return m }
</msxsl:script>
<xsl:template match="/root" priority="1">
<result>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</result>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*[x:mode()='old']">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:attribute name="mode">old</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*[x:mode()='new']">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:attribute name="mode">new</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="two" priority="1">
<two mode="{x:setMode('new')}"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>
then we obtain:
<result>
<one mode="old"/>
<two mode="changed"/>
<three mode="new"/>
</result>
I did not believe it would work, but it works!
I am not sure that this behavior is standards-driven,
but it is very convenient.
--
Alexander E. Gutman
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