[XSL] : use array variable in XSL stylesheet

[MC]

Hi to all,

I would like to use in a XSL stylesheet an array variable which is
defined in a Java program.

For example, in my program, i defined a tab variable
String[] tab = {"first", "second", "third"};

which i pass to the XSLT processor like this :
transform.setParameter("tab", tab);

In my XSL stylesheet, i declare tab variable with <xslaram
name="tab"/> and I would like for example to get the second element of
the tab.

Is it possible ? I try <xsl:value-of select="$tab[1]"/> but I've an error.

More generally, is it possible to use in XSL stylesheet arrays objects,
Hashmap, .. and JavaBeans ?

Thanks a lot for your answers

Marie

 

[David Carlisle]

Hi to all,

I would like to use in a XSL stylesheet an array variable which is
defined in a Java program.

For example, in my program, i defined a tab variable
String[] tab = {"first", "second", "third"};

which i pass to the XSLT processor like this :
transform.setParameter("tab", tab);

In my XSL stylesheet, i declare tab variable with <xslaram
name="tab"/> and I would like for example to get the second element of
the tab.

Is it possible ? I try <xsl:value-of select="$tab[1]"/> but I've an error.

More generally, is it possible to use in XSL stylesheet arrays objects,
Hashmap, .. and JavaBeans ?

Thanks a lot for your answers

Marie

The mapping between types in the external system and types within XSLt
is purely a feature of the system you are using (you don't say which
that is), so it depends on that system. Generally though, especially if
you want to use [1] notation, I'd have thought that you would have a
better chance of things working smoothly if you construct a tree
structure (DOM of some sort) in the external code first and then rely on
the API's mapping of external DOM fragments to Xpath node sets.

David