Re: Proposal: has-name-match()

On 1/22/07, Derose, Steve (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Could you describe some use-cases you have in mind? Perhaps I'm being
> dense, but I don't see the general application.... Typically I would do
> similar things by qualifying the template's match parameter, but I can
> imagine there might be cases where that's not feasible.

Initially, I was thinking about using this outside of XSLT
(specifically, in XForms), but I think it might have some value within
XSLT (although one could easily implement it using the EXSLT
`func:function` extension).  I was thinking about using this function
for node-set templating.  That is, I would store templates for nodes
in one location, and then dispatch them as needed based upon context.
For example, say you created a new node that matched the XSLT Pattern
"some/target/node" and you wanted to populate "node" with some initial
content.  You might have a template section that also contained
"some/target/node" (with its initial content), and you could then
match it against your current node with the `has-name-match()`
function.  I don't know, is this too far-fetched?  I'll try to
brainstorm some additional possible use-cases.  Thanks for keeping me
honest!

Take care,

    John L. Clark